Holding Pattern

In the complicated world of of medical financing, snafus seem to be the norm as opposed to the exception. I don't know anyone who hasn't spent time on the phone with an insurance company after receiving a bill that they thought was supposed to be covered. Most of the time, the insurance company agrees to pay because the service was incorrectly reported by the hospital or some other minor mistake.
Which is essentially where we are right now. Some sort of reporting problem between insurance/worker's compensation and UPMC has delayed the start of Greg's continued outpatient rehabilitation until sometime this week, most likely Tuesday. So, real information has been short lately.
We have been encouraged by Greg's return home. He is getting around the house pretty well, and he's been talking to visitors and on the phone. His right hand is clearly the furthest from pre-accident normalcy, but it is still considerably better than it was right after the surgery.
Not being back in rehab is getting rather frustrating. In addition to not knowing where Greg is in the recovery process, there's not any specified home rehab that has been given (since he was in inpatient rehabilitation the last time he was in therapy, with the expectation that he'd be back in rehab sooner than this week). With so many unknowns about the window of opportunity for Greg's brain to relearn or rewire some of the functionality he's having trouble with, this lapse in therapy is putting everyone a bit on edge. He has been working on some of the things he was shown during his inpatient stint, so this past week or so hasn't been a total writeoff.
However, we're sure that once Greg gets back into rehab the doctors will show him both how to get results at home, as well as setting some of Greg's near-term recovery goals. While it has been frustrating to be without rehabilitation, the simple fact that it's been less than three weeks since Greg's shocking accident and he's already home is keeping everyone optimistic.
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