My 93 year old Mother broke her hip

JLH · Post by **JLH** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:16 pm

We were planning to go to the land of Cleve on the 22nd to visit her..........

Post by **tex** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:22 pm

Joan,

What a shame. I'm very sorry to hear that. I hope she handles the recovery OK.

Tex

JLH · Post by **JLH** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:43 pm

Thanks, Tex. She is/was in pretty good shape for some one her age but not good with short term memory..........

MaggieRedwings · Post by **MaggieRedwings** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:51 pm

Afternoon Joan,

So sorry to hear that and do hope she is on the mend quickly. My prayers are with her.

Maggie

Jan · Post by **Jan** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:07 pm

Joan,

Even with your Mom in fairly good health this type of accident takes it toll. I will keep her in my prayers for a quick recovery and for you not to stress out too much.

Jan

barbaranoela · Post by **barbaranoela** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:37 pm

Joan------thinking of your mom and wishing her a healthy recovery---
Mom will be very happy to see U and that will cheer her up also~~~

Barbara

Gas Bag · Post by **Gas Bag** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:21 pm

Oh that is indeed to bad Joan. I hope she makes a speedy, full recovery. Kudos to her for just making it to 93.

Deb

JLH · Post by **JLH** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:02 pm

Thanks everyone, I appreciate all your good wishes very much.
Surgery will probably be tomorrow afternoon unless a slot opens up sooner. Maybe just screws or possibly more extensive surgery.

She's been pretty healthy (she was an athlete and played tennis for years and years) other than her quad bypass and now her short term memory loss.

Gloria · Post by **Gloria** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:09 pm

I hope the surgery goes well and she can be ambulatory soon.

Gloria

ant · Post by **ant** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:47 am

Dear Joan,

I do hope the surgery is successful. My prayers are with you and your mother.

Best, Ant

JLH · Post by **JLH** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:46 am

Thank, all y'all.

hazel · Post by **hazel** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:57 am

Hope your Mom will do well with recovery. It can't be easy at 93!
:bouqueofpinkroses:

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:01 am

Oh Joan........

Best wishes to your Mom for successful surgery and an uneventful recovery. My grandmother had 3 broken hips after the age of 90. She healed from each one and died from old age just 5 mo. shy of her 103rd birthday. Please keep us posted on her progress.

Love,

Polly

JLH · Post by **JLH** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:06 am

Just got word that she was in surgery prep. Changed doctors to get her surgery done sooner. The other doc couldn't operate until after 5:00 so his partner will do it.

That's quite an amazing story, Polly.

Thanks again for all the good wishes.

:bigbighug:

Love,

Post by **Rosie** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:22 pm

I hope your mom makes a smooth recovery. My mom is 92 and has recovered fairly well from two hip fractures. The first one took surgery for a pin, and the second one was fairly minor and healed on it's own. Her bones are pretty porous. What has really caused her problems have been the two compression fractures in her back. She is just slumping more and more. Her short term memory is going too, but she is in fairly good spirits. She jokes that when she finds a good movie, she can watch it every day and it will seem new each time.

Rosie