Monday, December 13, 2010
Family Update
It has certainly been an eventful year for some of my family on my mom's side. My grandma had some health set-backs this year and she is very slowly getting 'used' to life at a personal care home. Today she also had cataract surgery on her 2nd eye (the other was done earlier this year). As for my uncle Levi, there has certainly been a lot of progress since March, but there have also been some disappointments along the way. Things were looking so hopeful that he would be able to get off the ventilator entirely, but now that does not seem possible. Even if he's only on it for the night, it restricts the type of places he is able to live because of the care he needs. Definitely not great Christmas news for him.
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Not the news anyone wants-- limited choices of where you can live because of the kind of care you need..... that would take some adjusting....
ReplyDeleteOn the bright side, I have seen some programming options through volunteers/schools/staff that help 'youngsters' in residential settings to maintain aspects of their "young" lifestyle through access to video games/movies of choice, outings into community with a circle of support, etc. I hope it all works out well for him.