A milestone

After two weeks of inpatient care, Emily will be discharged from the Belmont Center on Wednesday. It's an understatement to say that she is excited to leave, and her family is excited to have her home!

In addition to missing family and friends, Emily told us she has missed many things that she used to take for granted... her own bed, her own shower, and making her own choices. She's really looking forward to regaining some of the independence she had to give up at Belmont.

As soon as she "checks out of the Hotel Belmont," Emily will become a daily visitor at Hershey Medical Center's "partial hospitalization" program. The Hershey program will allow Emily to sleep at home, attend morning classes at her school, and then spend the afternoon and early evening at the Center. While there, she will continue individual and group therapy, and have lunch and dinner with her new care team.

Emily's road to recovery still stretches out in front of her, but this week is a milestone on her journey. How wonderful that her favorite cherry tree out back is now blooming - welcoming her home!

And so do we.

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