After much searching Parkview Hospital and I have settled on a new place for Jon. St. Francis Health Care Centre is a Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) in Green Springs, Ohio, just south of Fremont, Ohio. He is scheduled to be moved this Friday. I wanted to check the place out in person so yesterday I made a 280 mile trek from Defiance to Fort Wayne and back and then on to Green Springs. It bills itself as filling the gap between community hospitals and skilled nursing facilities by providing acute care for an extended stay. Their average length of stay is 25 to 30 days. They are accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and licensed by the State of Ohio.
Our aim is for them to work on the respiratory aspect including swallowing so he can get rid of the trach and back on real food. (One of his buddies called tonight to relay the message that Jon had announced that “he was hungry.”) Once on real food and some muscle tone developed we will be moving him hopefully to Columbus.
Jon will be moved by ambulance and will arrive sometime in the early afternoon. He may not be ready for visitors until Sunday as I imagine the trip will be taxing. Visiting hours are from 10 in the morning until 8:30 at night every day. The room I looked at was huge but was cautioned that they were not all that size. But still they should be more comfortable than what he had in ICU. For more information on St. Francis you can visit: http://www.sfhcc.org/ltach.htm
To get to St. Francis take Rt 6 to Fremont, turn south on Rt 53 just west of Fremont. Go south 4 miles or so, turn left on County road 201, then right turn on county road 53, left on county road 181 about 4 miles to North Broadway and turn right. The hospital is fairly soon and on your right. Go in the entrance toward your right. OR take the 6/53 bypass around Fremont, check for state route 19 and follow it down to Green Springs. 19 is North Broadway, hospital is on your right.
Thanks for all your prayers, this is the first big step for Jon and we’re hoping for good, steady progress.
Have a good Thanksgiving.
Marj and family
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hello to all and let me just say that my thoughts and prayers have been with each and every one of you who have been through so much so far with Jon......i haven't seen Jon since the 80's when he had his dark BIG hair!!! and, of course, recognized his picture here with that big cheesy grin of his! i check this site daily and pray hard for him and for all of you. prayer is an amazing thing- and i pray that good things will begin to happen for Jon very soon. good luck to all of you and please continue to keep the faith. love to you, Jon-boy.
Robin Dunbar
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