ok, ST, time to ask for positive thoughts for my mum ... details IM (and sorry for anything repeated that you knew already) ... -- (edited)
Posted by
call me Ishmael (aka pacrat)
Jul 18 '16, 21:32
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okay ... so, most of you probably know that she fell back April and messed up her ankle and leg, and her back ... she's been recovering well from that and, at least up until the 4th of July, was doing a lot a better. you almost couldn't tell that she'd fallen and hurt herself.
BUT, she fell again overnight going into July 5th and messed up her arm pretty bad. a followup to the doc a couple of days later revealed that she'd broken her arm up practically at the shoulder. they planned for a surgery to repair and stuff, and then a couple of days ago decided to go on and do a shoulder replacement surgery.
She'll be going in Tuesday AM, be in recover for a few hours, and then likely will go ahead with plans to go straight from the hospital (at the appropriate time Tuesday or Wednesday) to the rehab clinic down the street from the hospital where she'll stay for at least a week or two as she starts the healing process and starts rehab on all of the messed up stuff. this is the same place where she stayed back in May after her fall, so she should be in pretty good hands.
from there, i may need some positive thoughts myself when she comes home, as i suspect that I'll be doing a lot of helping her with things and trying to keep everyone else in the family from going crazy (and damn near driving me to drink). the past week has been fucking shit hell. everyone's on edge, wanting to do what's best for Mom and all, and there's been a lot of reactionary bickering and stuff.
no one wants to take a step back, take a breath, and then think, talk, and act sensibly (instead of react, bicker and argue, and rant and act almost selfishly, if not malignantly ... you might think i'm overdoing the verbage here, but i'm not. people in my family tend to not think and act clearly, much less take others' feelings or thoughts into consideration ... and yes, that includes the alcoholic father figure and the alcoholic / drug abusing sibling ,,, so yeah ... the next couple of months are going to be difficult to get through without someone going ape-shit mad ...)
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good thoughts -- nm
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Beaker
Jul 19, 04:50
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Good thoughts. -- nm
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JaxSean
Jul 18, 22:22
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good thoughts to you and her -- nm
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Spawndroid
Jul 18, 22:05
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you have my best wishes & thoughts, sit back & relax. -- nm
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Peglegpete
Jul 18, 22:00
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All my positive thoughts for your mom and you -- nm
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amoxy
Jul 18, 21:46
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Good luck for your mom, apparently it's a common injury, youngesters break collar bones adults, shoulders, seniors upper arms -- nm
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zeitgeist
Jul 18, 21:43
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good thoughts! You guys should also figure out why she keeps falling. Maybe have a home safety eval done (it is like child proofing a home). -- nm
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James Bond (aka Igor)
Jul 18, 21:40
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best wishes -- nm
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mud
Jul 18, 21:39
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Good thoughts for you and yours.
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Jul 18, 21:37
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good thoughts to all, especially that your mom's surgery and recovery go as smoothly as possible. -- nm
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i.b!
Jul 18, 21:34
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