Over the course of a week, I met with therapist that had been seeing Marie for speech, physical, and occupational therapies. The consensus was coming back that Marie would need to be transferred to a place where she could get more intense therapy to help her prepare for a return to home. The doctors all agreed with this assessment and felt it would be for a few weeks.
What they were talking about was admitting Marie to a nursing home. Once the spinal fluid infection was cleared up there would be no reason to keep her in the hospital. But she wasn't ready to go home. Marie was weak, confused, and needed help doing many daily things. She needed care, but not medical care.
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