Happy thoughts and well wishes needed!

Foinah · Dec 5, 2006

I know you all don't know me very well but I need some happy thoughts sent my Mum's way. She fell down earlier in the evening and broke her hip! She's 84, still full of piss and vinegar, and goes for surgery in the afternoon.

Here's a bit of a rant :rant:

She wouldn't let me call an ambulance....It took her an hour to crawl across the floor to get to a phone to call me (she's tough and stubborn!) and had me drive her to hospital. That's not the bad part. That's not what I'm upset about.
Get this :
Because we didn't arrive in an ambulance, the ER staff made her sit in the waiting room for an hour and a half before she was seen. Isn't that insane?
The ER was filled with drunks and stubbed toes but my 84 year old mother had to sit, in pain, until all of the bruises and various miscreant boo-boos were attended to (pardon the bad grammar).

Please send her lovely healing vibes and send the uptight charge nurse psychic warts on her bum for being such a (insert graphic description of your choice here).

I thought I was going to be carted off for going absolutely mental in the triage room.

alleycat · Dec 5, 2006

Sounds like my mother. She had hip replacement surgery a few years ago. Then, a couple of years later, she fell down outside and had to crawl to the house, up the concrete steps, to the phone. She's a "tough old bird" (said with affection).

Good luck to you and your mom.

Bmwhtly · Dec 5, 2006

Wishing you and your Mom all the best.

Nakhlasmoke · Dec 5, 2006

Your poor mom.

Good wishes sent.

travelgal · Dec 5, 2006

Crikey! Hope she gets better soon!

MacAllister · Dec 5, 2006

Your mom will be in my thoughts, Foinah. Best of luck to her--it's got to be very frustrating and worrying for you.

Mandy-Jane · Dec 5, 2006

Your Mum sounds very independent. Anyway, hope it all goes well for you.

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Dec 5, 2006

All the best for you and your mom! My husband's aunt - 100 years old this November! - fell and broke her hip in a parking lot in Washington, DC, year before last. Wouldn't let them call an ambulance either, and when they did, she refused to ride in it. She underwent surgery under protest, too. That generation was hard to stop.

Don't let her skimp out on the physical therapy!

I'll light a candle for you both... and maybe a third one for the Karma fairy to visit that nurse...

Haggis · Dec 5, 2006

Good vibes headed out to mom, and cyber anal warts headed out to the nurse.

ritinrider · Dec 5, 2006

Sending good thoughts and wishes your way. Good luck to you and your mom.

Nita

Cath · Dec 5, 2006

Good thoughts headed your way. Hope all goes well from here on in.

dahmnait · Dec 5, 2006

I hope your mom's surgery went well. Good thoughts and well wishes to your mom, and to you. Try not to let worry get to you too bad.

Ol' Fashioned Girl said:
Don't let her skimp out on the physical therapy!

I agree. The therapy can make the difference between going home or needing longer-term care.

Little Red Barn · Dec 5, 2006

Best to you and your Mum! kimmi :Sun:

K1P1 · Dec 5, 2006

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All the good vibes I've got.

truelyana · Dec 5, 2006

Sending out warm vibes to you and your mum

NeuroFizz · Dec 5, 2006

I send wishes for a speedy recovery and the continuance of her piss and vinegar attitude. Reminds me of my maternal granny. I miss her.

Unique · Dec 5, 2006

good wishes and prayers for you and your mom

a long vacation is headed in the nurse's general direction.

Soccer Mom · Dec 5, 2006

Wishes and prayers for Mom. My mother is the same way. Been there. She refused to let us call an ambulance just because she lost all feeling on one side of her body. Dad had to drive her to the hospital. I yelled at her and she looked at me like I was the nutty one. "It was just a little stroke, dear."

Ack. Worst part? She's a retired RN.

Hang in there. It's the tough, stubborn ones who recover and do well.

sthrnwriter · Dec 5, 2006

I hope everything goes well with your Mom.

Maryn · Dec 5, 2006

More best wishes headed straight for you and your mom. My mother-in-law broke a hip at 85 and it didn't slow her down for long.

Ladies, this is your wake-up call to eat dairy or take calcium and do your weight-bearing exercise four or more times a week.

Maryn, who can live with big hips but not porous ones

wyntermoon · Dec 5, 2006

We need to get she and my husband together, two years ago he fell off the roof building our house and broke his pelvis. He then DROVE himself 30 minutes to urgent care because he knew he'd never get to ER in time.

He now has a shiny new hip.

Good luck with surgery!

Foinah · Dec 5, 2006

Thank you so much everyone!!! The support means a lot - good folkzes here! She goes for surgery tonight. The doctor doesn't know yet if it will be a total replacement or just screws.
It's going to be quite the adventure for her rehab....
She smokes about a pack and a half a day and there is NO smoking in my house. I'd love to bend the rules for her but I won't expose my daughter to that nasty second hand stuff. I don't think I can haul her out back and under my tarp by myself

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Gotta keep my sense of humor...
Oh boy.

writerterri · Dec 5, 2006

That's bad news. I hate to hear those stories. I hope and pray her hip heals fully and completely.

Terri

JennaGlatzer · Dec 5, 2006

Adding my well wishes for the surgery and the days to come. Hope it all goes well!

arrowqueen · Dec 5, 2006

Hope all goes well. Best wishes for her speedy recovery.

Happy thoughts and well wishes needed!

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