[blparent] my mother

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Best wishes for a quick recovery, V.

Jo Elizabeth

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed 
until it is faced."--James Baldwin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eva Adams" <eadams15 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] my mother


> I'm sorry what happened with your mom. I hope she recovers quickly, and as 
> painless as possible.
>
> Eva
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:38 PM
> 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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