Moving isn't always go great

Dear friends,

I made it back from So GA, very well rested, Monday evening and spent the night with daddy. He was going great and very ready to get out of St Lukes. Yesterday morning all of his docs came in and said he was cleared to be transferred to LifeCare for short term rehab. One of the things we were waiting for was 3 negative C-diff cultures (the contagious intestinal bacteria he had) which we now had. WooHoo! Transport was arranged, we packed all his stuff, and off we went about 12:15. This is gonna be great. Or so we thought.

We arrived at LifeCare and went to room 303B. Good, a semi private room. Daddy will have someone to talk to when we aren't there. No roommate when we got there but that was ok. Barbara mentioned getting a wheelchair so she could take him on a tour after lunch and we were told he could not leave the room, he was on isolation for C-diff. What? We have 3 negative cultures. But they said since he was having diarrhea, which is a symptom of C-diff, they wanted 3 more negative cultures from their facility. Daddy has not not had loose stools, or diarrhea, since this all started with the original surgery on June 5th. Anyway, on with the day. I left to go home and sleep and Barbara stayed to get him settled and sign all the papers.

I called Barbara this morning to see how yesterday and last night went only to be told it did not go well. The facility would not let Barbara stay with him last night. He is in a semi private room with no roommate. They said she could not stay because he is in isolation. We've stayed with him almost the entire time he was isolated at St Lukes and Specialty Hospital. There is no recliner in his room and they would not let her sleep in the other bed. I's feel pretty certain daddy did not sleep any. Barbara said he finally told her this morning he is afraid he is going to die there and doesn't want to die alone.

So, he is in a room he can't leave. No going to therapy, no going to the dining room for meals, no going to sit in the sun in the beautiful courtyard his room looks out on, no going to the family room so he can have more visitors, no nothing. He wants to go home.

side bar: While daddy slept Monday night, I had lots of time to think. It's

Just got call from Barbara. Things not going well at all. Daddy insisting on going home today! House doc tried everything. On my way.

PLEASE PRAY!