[blparent] my mother

[trishs]

OMG, V.!  My mom is 72 and has broken both her feet in a similar 
situation.  Seems that it's hard enough just getting older 
without these things happening too!  Hope your mom feels better 
ASAP.

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Sun, 17 May 2009 21:38:40 -0600
>Subject: [blparent] my mother

>Did I tell you what happened to my mom on Mother's day?  Well a 
few days
>before my mom fell off the step in front of her house.  Maybe 3 
inches and
>down onto her knee.  She is 87 and has Parkinson's.  Well the 
caregiver was
>locking the door and my mom somehow stepped off the step and 
wham.  She got
>up and walked around and we all thought she was just fine except 
a bump on
>the knee.  Gab and I spent the whole weekend there and had a 
really nice
>time.  Then we left and the caregiver (a new shift) put her to 
bed.  A
>couple of hours later my mom woke up screaming and saying her hip 
hurt.  I
>had the caregiver call 911 and off to the hospital they went.
>Well after all was said and done, she had broken her femour 
(trochanter)
>which is right below the hip.
>A week in the hospital and now she is in a nursing home/rehab 
center for
>about 7 to 10 days.
>Aaaah! V


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