Thursday, January 8

Tommy is now officially enrolled in what I'll call Millville rehab. A well-staffed and -equipped storefront gym, it's a branch of Beebe hospital in Lewes, which is about 45 minutes away. (Millville rehab has some sort of proper name, but the names that these health-care facilities have are almost never descriptive and almost always forgettable.) Thankfully, Millville is Sussex County's closest town to us, and Millville rehab is only about five minutes away in the small shopping center next to the Food Lion.
Yesterday morning, Tommy was registered by David, the therapy aide, and then evaluated by Jennifer, the occupational therapist, and Tim, the physical therapist (this is Tommy's second physical therapist named Tim; it was Tim at Ren rehab who got him walking in the hallways). Tommy was responsive but tired. He went through a series of interesting tests with Jennifer that involved squeezing and grasping various precision instruments that looked like something a surveyor would use. Toward the end of the two hours, he walked the length of the compact gym with his walker (he's still a mid-assist, which means he walked with Tim assisting and David following with the wheelchair). Today, he has an OT session, tomorrow a PT session, and then for several weeks we'll go there three times a week.