I just wanted to let you all know that my mother, who is 90, fell last weekend and broke her hip. She had surgery on Saturday morning and is now in rehab at Abernethy Laurels, the facility where she has lived since 2000. She has been in independent living but had got to the point she could hardly get around and was falling a lot. I fear this is the beginning of the end. So far she shows no enthusiasm for working at building the upper body strength necessary to being able to pull herself up to a walker without putting weight on her hip. Therefore she's probably six weeks out before even being able to begin trying to walk.
My sister and brother and I are in agreement that it's her call to make; we don't plan to put undue pressure on her. So our plan is to gently encourage her to do what the physical therapists tell her to do, but to support her in whatever decision she makes. I think she is simply tired of fighting adversity. She has a very bad back, poor circulation which creates major problems with healing, cutaneous lupus (not systemic), plus melanoma which is in remission right now. She had a horrid time healing from surgery to remove her first melanoma. So, as I said, I think she's just tired of fighting.
So we would certainly appreciate your keeping us in your thoughts and prayers as she struggles to make decision she's comfortable with and we struggle to support her.
Thanks,
Beverly
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