Hatboro Officer Ryan Allen Is Transferring From Philly Rehab To Acute Care In Bethlehem

HATBORO, PA — The seriously injured local police officer who has been hospitalized since suffering cardiac arrest brought on by a bee sting allergic reaction this fall is now in the process of being transferred from a rehabilitation facility in Philadelphia to an acute care hospital in Bethlehem.

Ryan Allen's wife, Whitney Allen, shared this latest news last week on her Facebook page.

Whitney Allen has been keeping the community updated on her husband's progress throughout the months.

In a Dec. 16 post, Whitney Allen said her family and her husband's medical team at Moss Rehabilitation decided to discharge Ryan Allen from Moss for the time being, and instead send him to an intermediary program — a long-term acute care hospital — in Bethlehem, in order to give him more time to get stronger and heal enough to the point where he is able to undergo the intense therapies offered at Moss Rehabilitation.

"We know that this is the next best step for him and are not seeing it as a step down, but rather just another necessary step in his recovery process," Whitney Allen wrote in her post. "It is what he needs right now.

"The last few days have been rather trying for us as a family because we want Ryan to get better more than anything and we know that he needs to undergo the therapies at Moss in order to do so, but he is not on OUR time, he is on his own time and will continue to improve on HIS time and when he is ready," Whitney Allen continued.

Whitney Allen said that although this is not the course the family anticipated, especially right before the holidays, "we are trusting Ryan and the process."

Whitney Allen titled her Facebook post "Hope, Faith, Patience."

Previous Patch coverage of Officer Ryan Allen's ongoing battle can be found here.