Goodness, Bobby, what an awful trip!  Glad your mother's OK, hope your
brother's lump is benign, and that you recover from the sight of that body!

Kat (who's thankful to say the deadest thing she's ever seen whilst driving is
a cow by the road but is not sure that's altogether a good thing!)


On Friday 05 August 2005 8:58 pm, Bobby Greer wrote:
> 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]>
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> 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]>
> > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> > 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
> > > -