| Unbelievable -- scared me to pieces today! Mom fell off the landing stairs going up to the bedroom about noon today -- on her back! *Thump* then "Owwww...groan..." Kim got there first from my room, me not far behind. Gordy was downstairs in the kitchen when it happened, but I don't know where he was as Kim held her head up, and I shouted "Don't move her!" and I dialed 911 as I grabbed some icepacks from the freezer for her bump on the back of her head. She was groaning, and talking of her pain from head, neck, spine, sitz and coxcys, and down to her toes! "Where are they" she kept begging between groans...as Kim kept her head in her hand holding the ice, freezing her hand to the core...I found a sweater to help Kim distance her hand from the ice, and the attempt was to replace her hand with this garment, but I don't know if it worked..."WHERE ARE THEY?" she kept insisting between groans of pain..... I kept thinking, oh no! not a broken something, a hip et al, with Kathy coming friday to assess the situation, was I do late? is Mom another "old lady breaks her from fall? Jeff and some other folk from EMT came, and Jeff is a stand-out because he was soooooooo attentive to Mom's needs, and caring and yet professional and practical. He even let her have some pain Rx, morphine, just a bit, on the drive up -- but it was blessed relief for her, especially strapped down on a board on the gurney. And, he turned the heat up, HIGH, in the back of the ambulance for her, and he let me sit in the chair, seat-belted, but in the back close to her. He remembered all the time that she had about 10 seconds of memory, and let me be close to show my face, and let me touch her to make her feel more secure, and answer questions for her on the way up to WGH. Thank you Jeffrey -- i have to find where to write to say thanks! To make the agony short -- she, amazingly, didn't break anything thank god /dess!!! They found a urinary tract infection, and she's on anti-biotics, and Dr Plastino said "You weren't kidding when you said she had EXTREME ARTHRITIS in her back..." not knowing how to read a film, nor having seen it, I could only pass on Dr Waite's emphasis...but after seeing it, Dr John really "got it"...she has pain!!! While trying to get a urine specimine, our RN went off to lunch, and the replacement RN came to help and when Mom finished, she tried to get GCG onto the bed, and when I saw mom slipping off, i just ran to her and helped -- stoooooopid moi -- wrenched my back!!! Dammitall. Well, Mom is home again [jigidy jig]. Since I can't hold her weight to the bathroom, or just walking et al, I called IHN, and they asked Rowena to stay all night tonight, and she said yes! thank you Rowena...and today, 9-5:00 we have Mary, then Carol 7-10:00 -- I hope by then she is able to walk using a cane etc. tonight. Dr John gave us an Rx for anti-biotic and, thank you tons, liquid pain Rx so she can swallow it more easily -- and maybe be more apt to let us medicate her through this ordeal, at least the first days. She has to be reminded that she was in the ER and fell. She has pain, and such, but no recall. My poor Mom.
Thank you all dieties and energies of the universe for not letting Mom break something so that it is a 'rush job" to get her to an elder facililty. Will take all prayers and good wishes for a speedy recovery for Mom!
Thank you.
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