Hi Gang,
I am back from Arlington (the second trip inn 2 weeks. An MRI revealed a
hairline fracture of the femur and the upper condyl of the left leg. They
opperated on her Wednesday and inserted a pin from the femur to the upper
condyl. Surgery went fine considering she is 93. My brother and I decided
she is addctedd to attention and will do anything to get attention., By the
way, my brother has a growth in the ggenital region and will be biopsied as
sooon as the infection in the region is cleared up in 2 weeks. This is
partly duee from the stressed. Oh yes, one the way up, Joyce and I ran up on
an accident and a body was laying across the road. A little more to
"sweeten" the trip!!!
Bobby
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bobby Greer" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: My Mother
> Beth and all,
>
> I will try to make a little more sense today. Mom fell and
sprained
> her hip. She was in a general hospital where they did x--rays and MRI's.
> there were no fractures. She complained of pain and one night they gave
her
> a Loritab It may have killed th8e pain, butt being 93 years old, she was
> hypersensitive to opiates and hallucinated for 72 hours. We thought it
was
> from the fall and she had hit her head. But iit began to wear off Tuesday.
> They transferred her to a rehab/nursing home facility. She was much better
> yesterday. In the mean time, my brother and I and the wives packed her
> things from the retirement communnity where she had been living, since she
> will be in her present rehab/nursing facillity shere she is staying. Her
> short term memory is non-existent and she over-medicates herself, which is
> the greatestunderstatement of the year! we also found out she had been
> begging for medication from her fellow residents! We hope this new move
will
> stabilize her and she will get better mentally and physiccally.
>
> Thanks for all your kind thoughts.
>
> Bobby
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elizabeth Thiers" <[log in to unmask]>
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> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 6:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Fwd: My Mother
>
>
> > Bobby,
> > Good to see you back. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with you
> and
> > your family.
> >
> > Beth t.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bobby Greer
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 2:36 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Fwd: My Mother
> >
> > Wednesday
> >
> > We justgott back from Arlington, TX. We planned to be back
Sunday.
> > Mother is much better physically and mentallly. She was very disoriented
> > when we first got there due to opiates they were giving her. She sttill
> has
> > severe short-term memory problems which renders her unable to take her
> meds
> > with help.so she will move to another facility. with a higher level of
> care.
> > We went on 5 hours sleep a niight with no naps. (Bob H. We move her into
> > Heritage Oaks just aroun the corner from AMH). we barely got home
safely.
> I
> > became as spastic as I was in childhood,.whiich was no fun! Anyway, My
> > brother is there to wrap the transfer procedures.
> >
> > Bobby
> > -
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