A brief note to let you know that Mom fell this morning trying to help Dad out of bed and broke the neck of her right femur just below the ball. The socket seems to be in good shape, so tomorrow at 8 am she will have a partial hip replacement. The prognosis is good in that the doctor says that this type of hip replacement is not invasive and usually requires a short re-hab and less pain than others. We are hoping that he is correct and Mom's surgery is as advertised.
I stayed with Dad today while Nancy went with Mom to the hospital. Both are holding it together fairly well but obviously uncertain about the future as we all are. My time with Dad today convinced me that Mom cannot take care of him by herself. Dad is not getting any stronger despite the daily exercise regimen he does religiously. He has to have back-up at this point with everything he does. Just keeping up with medication is a full time job. He spent a good part of the morning trying to find facilities that could take care of him and mother. My siblings will be here tomorrow and hopefully we can have some candid conversations about how to proceed.
We covet your prayers in both Mom and Dad's condition and our decisions to be made.
God is good.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
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I saw Nancy's note on Facebook. My heart hurts for all of you. Your mom, dad - and the rest of you are in my prayers. Layne
ReplyDeleteI think your friend Layne said it best..."my heart hurts for all of you".
ReplyDeleteTom and I have had each of you in our thoughts today. We love each of you so very much and will be praying for Aunt Beverly tomorrow during her surgery.
Please let Uncle Jamie know we are thinking of him and send our love.
Dana
SUN AUG 30
ReplyDeleteRusty --
So sorry to learn of Beverly's fall and broken hip on top of everything else. We hope and pray that her corrective surgery this morning goes as planned and that her subsequent recuperation will be easy and short.
We wish Jamie were gaining strength a bit more in keeping with his great effort and attitude. He surely is trying!
Hope the crunch-time family decisions aren't too hard....
Our love and prayers,
Ed & Jo Beth
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