Kerry's new address and a note from me!

A few people have emailed asking for the address of Kerry's new facility.  Rather than send it out each time I get an email, I thought I would send a group email. It is as follows:

 

Heartland Healthcare and Rehabilitation

attn: patient Kerry Henze

5401 Sawyer Road

Sarasota, Florida 34233

 

I have backed down on my regular emails about Kerry and let John (and mom) do the typing instead.  I talk to Kerry and John several times a week  - this helps keep all of our spirits up I think.  As a previous email indicated, Kerry was quite anxious about this new move to a nursing home/rehab setting.  Sadly it was necessary to move her on because insurance would no longer pay for the other rehab facility.  On a more positive note, I think the move was good in that it is a positive step in the direction of recovery.

 

She has had a few bumps on the road to recovery as of late but it feels like things are moving in the right direction once again.  Between her MRSA (Staph infection) infection in her left arm (that has resulted in a large open oozing wound that requires 2x daily dressing changes) and some kidney failure as a result of the MRSA drug Bactrim, she fell backwards in recovery a bit.  The kidney failure is not permanent, but it did cause  incessant nausea, vomiting and other GI (gastro intestinal) problems before it was caught.  This is rectifying itself now that she is off the med. 

 

John remains so positive and helpful every minute of every day.  They are, and always have been, so in love, so in touch with eachother, so tender to eachother, and this small set back in their lives has not altered any of that!  John has given 100% of his time to her since the accident and continues to have the energy each day to get up and keep on helping her.  He is fortunate that his company has given him this time off to be her 'advocate' and #1 cheerleader - what a difference this has made no doubt.

 

Mom, dad and Hayden (and his family) are all enroute to Florida today.  Hayden and his family will be stating at K and J's home for the balance of the week and mom and dad will be a local hotel.  All of this family and giggles from Hayden's little girls (he has 3!) will no doubt feel good for Kerry and John this week.  It will be a nice diversion whilst they get Kerry settled in with her new PT/OT regimine at Heartland.

 

The legal end of this whole mess remains way up in the air - very frustrating!

 

Happy Spring to everyone.  We folks in the mid-west have had a long cold winter...the sight of new buds peeking thru the cold soil, the twittering of birds and ever so slightly warmer temps (it is still in the 20's at night and only just getting into the 40's all damn day...but this is better than the sub-zero temps we had all winter) gives us hope that Mother Nature will shine upon us soon!

 

Thanks for keeping Kerry and John in your thoughts - have your kids send her pictures of Spring for her new room - it will brighten the place up for her!  Thanks!

 

Love to you all - Kyla

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Regards, Kyla Elderton