March 11th

I received a call from Mom's social worker at Memorial Hermann last week. She sent me a list of facilities for Mom to move to for the next stage of her rehab. It was a list of nursing homes that had rehab facilities in them. TIRR, the best and most intensive rehab center in the USA, was not on the list.

Joyce and I started calling people at both TIRR and Memorial Hermann to see if we could get into TIRR. The Memorial Hermann social worker, Kim, was very difficult to work with. She was adamant that Mom should go to one of these facilities and not TIRR.

After asking several questions and making several phone calls, we were able to get a TIRR rep to come see us. She could not believe that the social worker at Memorial Hermann thought Mom was not ready for TIRR. Linda, the TIRR rep, requested that Physical Therapy re-evaluate Mom because of the significant progress she has made since putting in the shunt on Friday.

This morning I received a call from TIRR's financial department. They are moving Mom there for 7 days to develop a plan of care and determine if she is ready for the level of care TIRR will provide.

I will let you know when they move her. Visitors are only allowed in TIRR from 9am to 9pm and are encouraged to help with Mom's therapy. We are opening our apartment to anyone who would like to visit Mom. We would like people to stay with her during the day to help her recovery.

Stephen