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Mom's in the Hospital
🕑 Added 2023-07-07 00:06:19 +0000 UTCIt's been a hell of a week at this point. Certainly, a Fourth of July Weekend that feels like it dragged on forever.
As I posted earlier, my Mom fell, and well, initially, we thought she twisted her ankle. I wanted her to go to the ER just to be sure that was the case and that she hadn't suffered a full break. But my Mom is agoraphobic, and so this was a struggle.
Well, on Tuesday, she finally gave in, and EMS took her to the local hospital. And as it turned out, yes, she did indeed break her ankle. Complete fibula break and tibia chip and crack. For a while, it was up in the air as to whether she'd need surgery or not, but at present, it seems that the doctors are confident it will heal clean with a cast or boot. But regardless of whether she ended up having surgery, or a cast, the recovery is going to be a long-term thing. It will be at least a month before she can actually put pressure on her ankle.
I've been more or less living at the hospital since Tuesday and have just now gotten home with the intent of actually sleeping here tonight. So it goes without saying things have been hectic. I'm physically and emotionally exhausted, but I'm too anxious to sleep at the moment. So it seemed like as good a time as any to update everyone.
Tomorrow they should be transferring my Mom to a rehab facility where she'll stay for about a month. By the end of it, hopefully, she'll be back on her feet and have a better range of motion than before she broke her ankle. At least, I'm praying as much. Still, I'm not anticipating getting back to work on much of anything until Monday at the very least. By then, my Mom should be in the facility, and things can kind of slip into a bit of a routine. At the very least, things will be less tumultuous and feeling as up in the air as they still do now. (Seriously, I can't tell you how many conflicting or constantly changing things I've heard from the dozens of doctors that have come in and out of her room for the last 48 hours. And not all of them have my trust.)
So yeah, that's it for now...I'm going to go try and sleep some of this awfulness off and pray things get smoother from here on out. Thanks everyone for the continued support.
-Wasty
Comments
Carbyne Canyne
I pray that your mom gets better
Wasted Time
Thank you Ver Min.
Ver min
Hope everything works out for the better.
