Wednesday, September 10, 2008

"on the move AGAIN"

Well, tomorrow starts another chapter in this very long novel!! We started at Virtua, then Jefferson ER, Jefferson Hospital, Jefferson Neuroscience, St. Agnes, Methodist for CT scan, Magee, and now Silvercare. Silvercare is located on Brace Road in Cherry Hill, NJ. They only thing I can say is that we have made a full circle and now we are back in good ole New Jersey.

Because of his need for medical healing we opted to bring him closer to home. This will be great with me going back to work full time again. And of course as all things are - this was also a "God" thing.

Last week I found out that he wasn't handling the heavy rehab at Magee. He was sleepy during the sessions and wasn't as productive as we all had hoped. Because of the "night terrors" his sleeping patterns have been a real problem. I hope that as they have adjusted his medicine and getting into a more familiar surrounding will help take care of some of these problems.

I was asking around about some "sub-acute" facilities in the area. His Case Manager at Magee suggested Manor Care in Cherry Hill. I asked a few people what they had heard about Manor Care and it was not favorable choice. I was given the name of Silvercare on Brace Road. And found out that one of my preschool moms is the Case Manager for this facility. A call was made and the process began. Before the end of the day everything was confirmed and he was on his way - just some paperwork needed to be finalized. I had the joy of going to my meeting to hear that they wanted to move him, to tell them that I already had him going to Silvercare. They were all amazed! See - only the Case Manager is a believer and we both knew that these circumstances had "God" written all over it. God had planned for me to change jobs to a new preschool before I had a clue, now I know this was part of His plan for our family!

This has been a very difficult time for Steve. I can't even put into words how difficult this is.
I will be glad to get him closer so as you visit he will know your love and support. I will have a book so you can sign it so I know that you have visited if Kimberly or I are not there. I don't want to say someone visited if they really didn't.

Pray that the transition goes well for Steve. He has to go in an ambulance and that in itself can be stressful. We'll be glad to get him there. Sometime in the afternoon is the plan.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Janice,
How wonderful, Our GOD is!! We are so happy of how this is turning out, it definately has GOD written all over it. We will pray for a SMOOTH transition. Thank you for keeping us up to date, day by day. We Love you, The Kerrs
P.S. That is great that Steve has feeling and some movement in both the left arm and leg, another answered prayer, PTL!!!
We will certainly keep praying for the night terrors to be less each night.

Anonymous said...

Janice and Kimberly and Steve,
We will stop often on Thursday to pray for each one of you and about every step of the transfer. What seems like a lot of disjointed details are becoming like dry bones joined together by God to be a living
display of His Great Plan! God is great! P&C

Anonymous said...

Steve, Janice, Kim, and Kevin:

Want you to know we've been praying for you through the weeks. Thanks for keeping us very well informed via blog. You're trials (I know they must seem far heavier than "momentary light afflictions") have served as great encouragements to the saints, as you all have perservered faithfully. Thank you and thank the Lord for your faithfulness, and His faithfulness in and through you. I'd love to see you again, but for now, please give Steve a big hug for us all. We'll be praying for his move to Silvercare. Blessings.

Chuck, for all the Heidels.

GrannyApple said...

Continuing to pray for all of you and especially today as Steve moves. Thanks for your blogs and encouragement to us as we have tried to encourage all of you. I love how God "wows" us and shows us how He is so interested in our daily lives. We love you all.
Love,
Jan for all the Weltes

Anonymous said...

Steve, Darren made it home safe and sound from his trip to CA on his motorcycle. He didn't shave for 3 weeks. He loved riding through the mountains.
Our love to you all. Praying for you.