We made a surprise visit to Rosehaven nursing facility today. Bob was in Rosehaven for eight weeks last year in July and August. When he arrived there, he had his trach still in, he could not swallow yet, and he could not sit up on his own.
We first went directly to the exercise room. Bob was pushing me in my wheelchair. The staff were each working with individual residents. When they recognized Bob, everyone stopped and immediately came over to Bob with huge smiles. It made Bob giddy. The therapists took Bob on a tour to show him all of the equipment that he worked on. Of course he doesn't remember a thing.
Many of Bob's nurses and his speech therapist came to greet him as well. The nurses were emotional. One began to cry.
As always, Bob was very appreciative and thanked everyone of them. He hates it that he can't remember any of the past year. The speech therapist told him, "That is what pictures and Jan's blogpage are for-to tell you about your journey. We all don't remember things that we've done when we were little, but people tells us, and we just accept it as real. That's what is happening with you. No big deal."
When we got back home, I showed Bob all of the pictures I took while he was at Rosehaven hoping he could make a little connection.
Did you get your Personal Medical Information Book yet?
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