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On a more sobering note, my favorite cousin sent out an email about my uncle tonight. Apparently, he has encountered some road blocks in his recovery and is pretty down. We ask for your continued prayers. Here is the email.

Everyone,
** is being released from the rehab center in Waycross tomorrow. They can provide services for the "acute" period of time after an injury and that is short-term. At his discharge planning, the doctor, therapists, and staff felt that he is not able to be at home at this point, even with help, and he agrees.

He is unable to stand alone or to transfer from bed to wheelchair unassisted or vice versa, and he requires physical assistance to move himself around with a walker using only his good leg. He is very weak and feels exhausted after the slightest effort. He is having pain from the injury and the surgical sites and his leg is horribly bruised. He is not eating well at all.

His blood pressure and blood sugar levels are all over the place. He is still not permitted to bear any weight on the injured leg and that is likely to continue until the bones have healed which it is estimated will take 6-8 weeks after the surgery. (The injury was Monday January 26 and the surgery was Wednesday January 28.)

He has chosen to go to Shady Acres Convalescent Center...I am continuing to hope that his being away from home will be a temporary and short-term inconvenience and that he will recover his strength, mobility, and independence, and his wonderful spirit as well. This injury has been devastating to him and having to take him to a nursing home, even though it is his decision to go there, is without a doubt one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. *******