update - back in hospital

Hi folks,

Sorry it's been a while but thing have been pretty hectic lately ... I guess that's how it is with 5 kids and a sick brother. Anyhow, the past few weeks have been pretty uneventful for Dennis. He has been having extensive rehab at home and came up for a few days to Vancouver for a visit. He's still having a lot of difficulty sleeping and is being follow by the sleep disorder clinic. If he's not rehabing, he's seeing Dr's. Dr's visits take up a lot of our time and he is currently seeing 8 specialists. A day of appointments go from morning till evening. As you can image, it's pretty tiring on those days. Otherwise, he is been getting stronger.

Unfortunately the pattern of rehabilitiating has taken a turn this week. We have been to the hospital everyday for the past 4 days. He was in ER 4 days ago due to a possible blood clot in his leg. He was scanned and there is no new clots - Yeah! But they noticed decrease in his kidney function and fluid overload again. So, after going to the hospital every day for tests, he was admitted yesterday. He's back at UW. I'm not sure how long he will be there but I will let you know.

e

settling in

Hi folks,

I'm sorry it's been so long since my last post. I actually thought I had made a post last week but I just noticed I didn't.

Dennis is settling in well at home. He is having close to 30 hours of therapy at week from home and has made his first few visits outside of the home. He is being carefully monitored between 8 different teams of specialists. It will be some time before he will be functioning at full capacity.

e