Accidents Happen!
For the last couple of weeks, Mee Maw has been in really outstanding condition. Physically she has been strong enough to walk down for her meals and to walk her guests out of the building. She has even played a lot of "Bingo" with her fellow residents.
Mentally she has been sharper than she has been in a long time. Lori and Ally (our daughter) went to visit her a couple of times in the last two weeks, and they reported that she was very talkative and interesting. Sure, there were a couple of momentary memory lapses, but that's to be expected after 98 years.
Last week my mother went in to visit and found Mee Maw in bed with the hospice nurse sitting in the wheelchair at the foot of the bed. Mee Maw was talking and talking and talking on and on and on . . . you get the picture. The nurse told Mom that at one point, Mee Maw recited all of John chapter 14 to her. That's a good memory!
Of course, good things must come to an abrupt end sometimes. Last night James, her son, was visiting her. While he was there, she slipped in the bathroom and fell, cracking three ribs and banging her head. She spent time at the hospital while they x-rayed her and diagnosed the problem. The emergency room doctor insisted that she should not be left alone, especially for the next three or four weeks while her ribs heal properly. She will require help to get up and down out of bed or her chair, and she will probably need a bit of assistance walking. There is a service that provides "companions" for just such needs, and the family has contracted for someone to be with her. Maybe her memory will remain sound and she can use the time quoting Scripture to someone who needs it. Perhaps God will send her some people whom she can care for spiritually while they care for her physically.
Today Mee Maw was sitting in her chair accepting the usual Sunday parade of visitors. Her primary complaints were of pain in the upper part of her right leg (NOT the hip, thank goodness!), the back of her head, and in the center of her chest. Dad and James talked the situation over and decided that she probably strained a leg or groin muscle trying to regain her balance before she fell (she landed on her right side). The head pain came from hitting the back of her head on the threshhold of the shower when she fell. And the pain on the right center of her chest is probably from the strain on her rib cage and breastbone as it absorbed the impact of the fall on the hard floor.
Other than the pain from the accident, however, Mee Maw seemed as good as ever. We thank the Lord that the injuries were not more serious, and that a responsible family member was present when it happened.
Please pray for her continued healing from these problems. And do come and see her sometime, if you can.
Mentally she has been sharper than she has been in a long time. Lori and Ally (our daughter) went to visit her a couple of times in the last two weeks, and they reported that she was very talkative and interesting. Sure, there were a couple of momentary memory lapses, but that's to be expected after 98 years.
Last week my mother went in to visit and found Mee Maw in bed with the hospice nurse sitting in the wheelchair at the foot of the bed. Mee Maw was talking and talking and talking on and on and on . . . you get the picture. The nurse told Mom that at one point, Mee Maw recited all of John chapter 14 to her. That's a good memory!
Of course, good things must come to an abrupt end sometimes. Last night James, her son, was visiting her. While he was there, she slipped in the bathroom and fell, cracking three ribs and banging her head. She spent time at the hospital while they x-rayed her and diagnosed the problem. The emergency room doctor insisted that she should not be left alone, especially for the next three or four weeks while her ribs heal properly. She will require help to get up and down out of bed or her chair, and she will probably need a bit of assistance walking. There is a service that provides "companions" for just such needs, and the family has contracted for someone to be with her. Maybe her memory will remain sound and she can use the time quoting Scripture to someone who needs it. Perhaps God will send her some people whom she can care for spiritually while they care for her physically.
Today Mee Maw was sitting in her chair accepting the usual Sunday parade of visitors. Her primary complaints were of pain in the upper part of her right leg (NOT the hip, thank goodness!), the back of her head, and in the center of her chest. Dad and James talked the situation over and decided that she probably strained a leg or groin muscle trying to regain her balance before she fell (she landed on her right side). The head pain came from hitting the back of her head on the threshhold of the shower when she fell. And the pain on the right center of her chest is probably from the strain on her rib cage and breastbone as it absorbed the impact of the fall on the hard floor.
Other than the pain from the accident, however, Mee Maw seemed as good as ever. We thank the Lord that the injuries were not more serious, and that a responsible family member was present when it happened.
Please pray for her continued healing from these problems. And do come and see her sometime, if you can.
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