Terrible news

This is really bad. K said they're talking about discharging her to skilled nursing very soon, offered three possibilities. Neuro Doc was supposed to call me, but hasn't. Nor returned my call. Last I heard, they were discussing possible neck surgery to address the nonunion.

Update: This just plain sucks. They are proceeding with discharging her today if possible. The neurosurgeon won't try another surgery, because her ongoing chronic medical issues may not allow another surgery to heal. The doc reading his notes says he mentioned "listhesis". He said the fracture line is not grossly unstable, which I guess means she is safe to transport out of there. The Therapy dept says she can't do basic things well, can't stay on task (and presumably isn't safe to go home), which is why they're recommending discharge to skilled nursing rehab.

So she will be wearing a neck brace indefinitely. Any further treatment would be a "multi-level approach". They left the possibility open, of working with Dr Guillot, the other neurosurgeon, on an outpatient basis.

They gave her a list of skilled nursing rehab facilities to look over, and apparently she's selected a few to consider -- Holly Creek, Azura, and Life Care Center at Littleton is her last choice, since she has experience with their Aurora facility and didn't like them much.

5pm Update: Holly Creek did not accept her. I think they don't have a bed available.

Life Care Center At Littleton has declined to accept her. At first they accepted her. Then she told them that we still owe Life Care at Aurora some money, and they reversed their acceptance into a denial. If only life Care At Aurora would send us the itemized bill that she has been asking for, for the past six months.

10pm Update: No discharge today. Maybe tomorrow. The doc says he wants pain and BG under control before discharging her. She says pain is nowhere near under control.