It costs me upward of 40-50 dollars every time I go to see him now so I dont go as often. Im always teetering on the edge of a couple of hundred dollars and am petrified.
I stopped by monday, to bring him his new phone and some food. He was sleeping and said he had a long therapy session and was exhausted. Didnt want me to stay. So I was only there about 30minutes.
His Medicaid app was held up by a gift letter, but all that is in now.
Going back tomorrow for a meeting with the therapist team who will take over shortly when he begins to have to pay it out of pocket. He will be on a reduced schedule with a continued focus on speech and physical but less occupational. The Occupational therapist at Tunnell felt like she was already hitting a ceiling and as far as bang for your buck the other two reign king.
His shoulder is no longer giving him problems. His motor skills are still not up to par. His blurry vision is gone but continues to see double or triple which makes his motor skills difficult. He says he has to guess which image is the right one. His cognitive ability seems more on that off.
His second phone got shorted out but what is suspected a spilled drink. He has his new one with him now with everyone programmed in.
Im tired and leaving a week from today.
Andrea, as you help clean out Oak St have you come across the book about Richard's time teaching in NYC and about his movie contract regarding the book? I do hope they do about his success as a techer and you will understand why his students love him and keep in touch over all these years.
ReplyDeleteI don't know where his stash of fiddler is. Pretty much everyone in the family has one though...mine is at home. I did find a folder of article clippings and such from that time.
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