Movin' on up...

Maya, Mom and Myself when up to visit Kevin yesterday afternoon and we had a good visit. He got moved upstairs to the penthouse on the 7th floor. Bayfront has 2 different rehab centers. The one on the 6th floor where he was previously was specifically for Brain Injury rehab. And the one on the 7th floor was for everything else like spinal cord injuries..etc. I spoke with the charge nurse and she said if they don't have enough patients one 1 floor they will combine the 2 rehab units into one. So thats what they did. Its actually a lot nicer up there. Their bedrooms are much larger. They have a whole bunch of different rooms patients can go in. Some have computers, one has a piano. They even have a bigger gym up there too. So it kinda turns out, we were missin' out all along...lol Kevin has a room mate now. His name is Alex and it turns out we kinda have a connection. Its one of those friend of a friend thru my mom kinda connections but its nice because they are closer in age and can relate to each other. Poor Alex though, I've lived with Kevin for almost 11 years now so let me appologize in advance for Kevin's snoring...lol I met Alex's wife, Janet about a week ago when we we're both downstairs. Such a warm and wonderful person. She approached me in the hallway and asked me if my name was Kim.. I said yes, and she said I've read your blog and saw you on TV. ( LOL I was recongnized from TV....SCORE! LOL ) She told me she had a really good conversation with my mom over the phone and everyone has met now so its kinda cool that we turned out to be roomies :)

As far as Kevin goes, he's continuing to improve everyday. His speach is getting better. He's standing up to transfer to the chair even better than before and they also started him back in the regular wheelchair again as of Monday. I also spoke with our case worker yesterday and he just faxed over the paperwork to our insurance company to request more time there. Please pray that we get approved again. I've been stressed out latley about it because I was "warned" by a particular nurse to start to look for another facility for Kevin because they generally don't see insurance companies approving more than 30 days at that type of facility and Kevin has already surpassed that. After that extremely upsetting little convo.. I called and spoke with our case worker and he told me he wished that conversation never took place ( ps ..as do I) because as long as Kevin continues to show improvement ( which he has by leaps and bounds) , he has no concern that they we will have a problem getting more time for him. Lets just pray that it works.

So on another note.. I have a few more thank you's to give. Eariler this week there was a card left on my mom's desk at work that said to Kimberly... I opened it and it it said "You can't get water from an empty bucket, you must frequently go back to the well" It had some money in it and said to take it and pamper yourself so you will be fresh for the long haul. There was no name but whoever did this thank you so much. My well has been dry for a little bit now and lately I'd be lying if I didn't say I wasn't a ticking time bomb.. I just try to do it behind closed doors ;) So thank you so much for caring. I also want to thank those of Kevin's family that have helped out as well. Everything received so far has gone to gas to drive to St. Pete or for bills. Again thank you all so much.