She's coming home

I apology for not writing for the past week -- mainly there has been not much to report and secondly I was in Florida on a family vacation visiting Mickey and the gang.

The past several weeks for Larisa have been just letting her body heal. She had some x-rays done on her wrist over a week ago to determine whether or not her arm could bear any weight. None of the bones are ready to have any weight put on them. This limits what they are able to do in physical therapy - right now.

They had given her the OK to go home. She is VERY excited about this as well as her family. It has been determined that at this point there is very little she can do in physical therapy and her days are spent just resting and sitting. They feel she can just as easily do that at home. She is still on an IV antibiotic - until Dec. 17th. It is because of the IV that she really has needed to stay in Winchester. The IV will be completed on the 17th and as soon as it is out -- she will be OUT.

The wound on her leg is looking really really good. The inside of the leg has healed almost to the surface of the skin. It has not been decided whether or not she will need to come home on the vac. That will be decided in the next day or two.

The family has been busy getting the house ready for her to come home. As I mentioned before, a friend's father built a ramp on the front porch to make it easy to get in the house. The have purchased a hospital bed, mattress, and wheelchair for her as well. Everything is set up, all they need is Larisa -- she will be there soon enough. As it stands right now she will not be returning back to Winchester Rehab Center.

Sometime after Christmas she will be go back to Fairfax to have the bone graft on her thigh done. The date has not been set. It is our understanding that she will be in for the day and back home -- they may keep her one night. That too will be decided after the surgery. They are also looking at reversing the colostomy in the next several weeks - that will be a great change.

Over all she is doing great. She is so thankful and grateful for all the kindness she has been shown and the overwhelming support. It is experiences like these that remind us how blessed we are on a daily basis and that we should never take for granted what we have been given.