Dec. 13: When I talked to my dad last night, he said that Grandma was scheduled to be in the hospital for about three days and then would be in rehab at a nursing home for about three weeks. If she’s able to get her mobility back, that would put her back home around January 5…but I imagine that it’s going to be a long road for my poor grandma. Her osteoporosis is really advanced, and her bones are so frail that they think that her hip may have broken while she was walking and caused her to fall rather than the fall causing the break. Old age is not for the faint of heart!
Speaking of old age, Grandma told me about the poem “When I am old, I shall wear purple” about 15 years ago. She got a really big kick out of it, and it makes me laugh because Grandma is so conscientious and quiet and reserved that the idea of her letting loose and “eating three pounds of sausage at a go” is just ridiculous!
3:30 pm update: Grandma’s operation was successful, and she will be in recovery for about an hour.
Dec. 12: I just got a note from my dad this morning telling us that my grandma (his mom) fell in her kitchen last night while answering the back door.
She was taken by EMS to the Monroe Hospital. ER X-rays indicated that Grandma broke her hip. The break occurred at the “neck” of the femur and requires hip replacement surgery (replacing the ball of the hip), which is happening today.
My poor, sweet grandma!