Day 15. Dorothy checked into the rehab facility yesterday, at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, which is actually in San Jose. The address is 751 S. Bascom, San Jose, CA 95128.
Bob stayed the night and had dinner there. Mikele left before dark last night, and checked into the Pruneyard Inn, also on S. Bascom, in Campbell, which is just 5 minutes down the street. She says it's a wonderful place to recuperate from her cold. There's even a Trader Joe's in the same complex.
Dorothy is settling in. They have a huge team assembled for her. She has 4 therapists, including physical, occupational, speech, and technical. There are 3 doctors assigned to her, and a primary nurse. They already had a laptop setup for her, and ready to use. Mikele says that D's therapists are "going to get us on a very good start, on the long road to recovery."
She passed a big milestone last night. She demonstrated that she can read, write, and answer simple questions with written words!
Bob gave her some of the letters that Michelle brought in last week, for the doctors and nurses to get to know her better, and she read them through. This is the first time she's had any interest in reading. She seemed much more aware yesterday. She was also reading the funnies and some other things.
Her primary nurse Lila said they get very involved in patients' lives, and to bring in teddy bears, cards, and other personal items. Her care team was very pleasantly surprised to see the collection of personal items that Mikele and Bob had already brought with them.
Mikele asks of her High School (and other) friends, that you please email "head shot" photos to Kelcie, who has Mikele's email address, and can forward them on (thanks in advance, Kelcie!). Mikele will find a place nearby to print them out, and they'll be used to help Dorothy exercise her memory.
They did her preliminary evaluation yesterday at 2pm, and will continue evaluating her through the weekend. On Monday, there'll be a conference with Bob and Mikele during which her short and long term goals will be established. This will help Mikele to know what she needs to do at home, to prepare for Dorothy's homecoming.
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This is wonderful news. It sounds like Dorothy is on her way to recovery.
Dorothy you come from an amazing family and you are an amazing girl.
Mikele hurry and get better from that cold! I know you must be so frustrated wanting to be with Dorothy more and having to worry about giving her your cold.
dorothy my darling,
it's alanna. um....i'll send kelcie a picture with another picture of a llama next to it, for nickname sake. i will be posting more comments more than ever because you can read them now! i will also email you (if you are still getting emails on AOL) also we can use AIM so we can chat back and forth when you are ready to. be ready for some floods of emails!!! *hugs*
love,
alanna
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Wow! Dorot, you're doing so good. I am always encouraged whenever I hear how you are doing.
Also, I actually have a digital camera, and I can totally bring it to school and take pictures of everyone. But, if you have a super awesome picture, I can give you my e-mail address, also. Just ask and I can give it to any of you. ^_^
Dorothy, We love you so much and wish for you a smooth recovery. I am certain there will be many more Kline family Disneyland trips and Thanksgiving day Rock Band marathons in your future. So hang in there girl. You're making great progress!!
Love, Aunt Janet, Unce Les, Don, and Emily
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