Beginning of August my hubby showed signs of confusion which I thought came along with the recuperation from the surgery. His physical strength deteriorated further into the next month, he lost his appetite completely, could not sleep and started halluzinating. On August 16. I called 911 again to have him transported into Advent Health Hospital in Zephyrhills. He landed in the Primary Stroke Center in the hospital to lay in bed there again for one week. On August 23. he was transported from there to the Stroke Rehab Center Encompass Health in Brooksville, FL. Mental and physical exercises were dominating the time spent there ( 15 Hours per week ), next to the hemodialyses, which were done in that center too. On Sept. 6th he was transported home into my care. He had a Rollator to help him walk.
Since 18 days he is home now, had 2 follow-up visits with doctors next to the 3 dialyses per week - and he has home care orchestrated by Pasco County, 3x per week physical/occupational exercises and Nurses visits. We received a telephone number to call the Area Agency of Aging to receive free help of all kind when needed, to fullfill the wish to stay at home and out of a nursing home. So far we want to stay independent. But this non-profit Pasco County agency will be surely contacted by us for a registration when we feel that the time has finally come...... Since I have to drive Dieter around wherever he needs to be, I pleaded to get another car. Dieter agreed. We spent the entire afternoon on Sept. 22. in a dealership in Lutz, FL, to leave our 20-year old C3500 Chevy Truck ( dually with an 8 foot bed and an heavy hitch fixed on the bed to tow a heavy RV) there and drive off in the evening with a white 2016 Hyundai Accent - and monthly payment to make during the next 5 years. MY (!) car is a woman's dream, after I had driven my last sedan in Pennsylvania 20 years ago, I think I am in driver's heaven. The parking will surely be very different, I mean easy. We both hope that the fall will be better regarding health. The sommer was a torment for Dieter as well as for me. Hopefully his strong will to get better holds on. The slowly trickling in snow-birds from the north will provide more life around us in the park, we can sit outside again without being baked to a crisp by the relentless hot Florida sun. With a greeting from our lot 61 in Zephyr Palms RV Park - here is the picture:
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