Broken Hip

I had meant to send this out sooner but life has been crazy on our end. There is, of course, all the activities for graduating seniors in addition to all the normal end of the school year busyness which has kept us hopping. Jenna has moved back home from college as well. Sadly, I must also report that Mom has broken her hip.

We got a call on Wednesday night a couple of weeks ago (the 24th) letting us know Mom had fallen and was being taken by ambulance to the hospital. Vicki and I met her in the ER. She wasn't in much pain then. The X-ray revealed that her right femur was broken just below the ball near the top of the bone. She had partial hip replacement surgery the next day.

Mom did well in surgery and the initial recovery, but the rebound since then has been slow. Last Monday (the 29th) she was moved to a local nursing home for therapy, and we suspect it's going to be a long, slow road from here.

As recently as Monday I was saying that Mom was not doing well. She really wasn't in a lot of pain, though I know she had some. Mostly, she was just weak and confused. She had been dealing with some confusion before this happened, but it appeared to us that the anesthesia had left her in a bit of a fog. We were getting very discouraged.

Tuesday, the fog seemed to be lifting. Since then she has been more like her old self. Sure, there's still a bit of confusion, but she is recalling and retaining more and able to keep track of what's going on better. This is good because she needs to be able to focus on her therapy goals for a chance of returning to her apartment.

So, we are far more encouraged about Mom's outlook than we were just a few days ago. Still, we would appreciate your prayers. And if you want to reply with some well wishes I will be glad to pass them along. Her 91st birthday is this Sunday.

I will follow up soon with a run down of all of Ben's senior events here in the last couple of weeks.

Joe