Post #5: Fork in the Road

Dear all,

After today it will quickly become apparent which way Anita is headed. She is refusing all food and only occasionallly sipping water. She continues to resist participating in physical or speech therapy. Premier Healthcare informed her today that if she continues to refuse to eat, then as of Monday they will have to re-evaluate her presence at the facility. In short, she will be required to leave. If she leaves she will go to hospice.

We made a last ditch effort to encourage her to go the other direction: to decide that her life is still worth living, to eat to nourish herself and to participate in physical and speech therapies. In terms of recovery potential, now is the crucial time period to be working hard in those therapies. She has been given a lot to think about. We shall see, in due time, where that leads her.

So the ball is in her court at the moment. We have to wait and see what she does with it.

Melissa