Journal entry by Barbara Bradley — Dec 7, 2010

I am jumping ahead a bit. Just the usual immediate concerns for anyone that just had major surgery: sleeping, pain management, eating, and don’t forget dealing with insurance. You would think it would be a “no brainer” (sorry, too soon for brain jokes?) insurance would easily sign-off on inpatient rehab for someone that just had half their brain removed but it took a bit of work. I am one tired momma! We finally got discharged today! Well, Katie got discharged but the whole family is included. I road in the ambulance with Katie and Billy followed. This seemed unnecessary to us. I overhear the drivers talking to the nurse when they came to get her and one of them said, “….if she has a seizure we will take her to the emergency room.”

Okaaaaay, if you can’t handle that situation then why the fancy ride? I have a perfectly good minivan, with a DVD player ( thank you very much), and I have dealt with hundreds of seizures. I’m just sayin’

We got to Levine around 3 this afternoon. Today was just about getting settled and them getting more history, etc. She is going to be one tired little girl. They do 3 hours of therapy everyday so it will be intense. This is a very nice facility. Everything is new and well equipped. I look forward to meeting her therapists and getting started tomorrow.