northern exposure
Footballguy
Today is my Mom's 92nd birthday. Unfortunately she is spending it in hospital where she has been for the past two weeks.
She lives by herself in a seniors condo building. We visited her at the beginning of August and she was getting around fine with the aid of a walker. She said she would rather take it slow with the walker than fall and end up breaking a hip or something.
On August 8th she did end up falling and was unable to get back on her feet. One of her neighbors found her the next day and called an ambulance. At the hospital they looked her over and found nothing broken or fractured, so they sent her home the next day.
I called her and she sounded traumatized by her ordeal. She said she was sore and bruised, but on the mend.
On August 17th my brother tells me Mom is back in the hospital because when he visited her the previous day she was unable to get up from the couch. Mom was in a bed in the Emergency Department for 5-6 days before they found a bed for her in a ward.
She had a few visits from a physiotherapist last week, but they haven't seen much progress. Mom has been confined to her bed since she has been in hospital. I live 5.5 hours away from my Mom and my brother sucks at keeping me informed and being an advocate for Mom. So, my wife and I drove there last weekend. We visited with Mom and spoke to the Doctor.
The Doctor said they would have a physiotherapist treat Mom each day this week and if they see progress they will continue with that course of treatment. If they don't see progress, then we'll have to consider long term care for her and move her into a facility.
Honestly she's 92 and been confined to her bed for the past two weeks, I don't know how much improvement in leg strength they'll see.
tl;/dr I'm feeling badly for my Mom and what she's going through. I feel helpless.
She lives by herself in a seniors condo building. We visited her at the beginning of August and she was getting around fine with the aid of a walker. She said she would rather take it slow with the walker than fall and end up breaking a hip or something.
On August 8th she did end up falling and was unable to get back on her feet. One of her neighbors found her the next day and called an ambulance. At the hospital they looked her over and found nothing broken or fractured, so they sent her home the next day.
I called her and she sounded traumatized by her ordeal. She said she was sore and bruised, but on the mend.
On August 17th my brother tells me Mom is back in the hospital because when he visited her the previous day she was unable to get up from the couch. Mom was in a bed in the Emergency Department for 5-6 days before they found a bed for her in a ward.
She had a few visits from a physiotherapist last week, but they haven't seen much progress. Mom has been confined to her bed since she has been in hospital. I live 5.5 hours away from my Mom and my brother sucks at keeping me informed and being an advocate for Mom. So, my wife and I drove there last weekend. We visited with Mom and spoke to the Doctor.
The Doctor said they would have a physiotherapist treat Mom each day this week and if they see progress they will continue with that course of treatment. If they don't see progress, then we'll have to consider long term care for her and move her into a facility.
Honestly she's 92 and been confined to her bed for the past two weeks, I don't know how much improvement in leg strength they'll see.
tl;/dr I'm feeling badly for my Mom and what she's going through. I feel helpless.
