Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Mom is ok. She fell at 3am Wednesday morning in the bathroom. She must have lost her balance while using the bathroom and fell backwards into the bathtub/shower. She may have had help with a little softer landing because the shower liner and curtain were closed and she had those to break her fall...it tore the rod and all off the sides of the wall. Oh well...I wasn't able to sleep and had just shut off the light in the bedroom and heard the rod and curtains hit the floor. I don't know if I can take much more of this. She is a tough lady! She hit her head and had a pretty good red spot on it, however, between the two of us she got herself turned and was able to get up on her knees and up and out. I poked and prodded like I was a doctor and she got upset with me...ugh...I gave her some Tylenol and she went back to bed and slept like a baby???? I was a wreck!!!! I checked on her every hour for 4 hours and she was sleeping and breathing fine...I just wanted to make sure she didn't have a concussion. I was exhausted. She woke up and I asked how she was...she said fine. She didn't have any bruises...the redness was out of the back of her head and she was walking fine??? SO GLAD...but what gives??? She didn't remember ANY of it!!! :) Good for her!!! She hasn't seemed to have ANY complications from it at all...now I don't know about anyone else...but I will say my prayers were answered. Heavenly Father is watching over this family!!! She needs it really badly...and I can't be by her every second of the day. I was awake and was able to get to her right away...and she didn't remember it later and she is ok!!! AHHHHHH!!!

I love my Heavenly Father!!!!

Falls, causing breakage of hips or something else, are the leading cause of injury and alot of deaths in the elderly. It is what finally took dad from us... I am struggling with mom,however, I do hope she can live a good life as long as she is here. I hate to see the struggles she has...and she is NOT good with pain...of course, who is in her situation.

SHE IS DOING WELL...well, as well as can be expected with her issues. YAHOO!!!!