wow- what an incredible 36 hours this has been!
mom fell and broke her arm-- took her to the hospital last night around 1:30am. it was a messy break of the humorous bone-- not so humorous to either of us tho. the events leading to the break are unclear. i was called at midnight to help... she needed to get to the bathroom. too late by the time i arrived. stubborn as ever, she wanted to go back to bed.
i told hubby i'd either find her passed out in the morning from pain-- i saw the bruises and suspected she fell... or i'd be getting another phone call soon. the later happened at 1am... after a quick shower to get mom cleaned up and dressed, we immediately left hubby in charge of dad for the night and went to the hospital.
sure 'nuf. broken. always erroring on the side of safety, CTscans, xrays of neck, head, spine, etc. were also made. mom wasn't in any pain!! hospital staffers are like "huh???"
mom's been admitted for the night. the new splint arrives tomorrow.... hospital strategy for making mom stay so they could keep an eye on her. she's had no food, no liquids, no pain meds... she wants only to go home!
my brother and dad visited us in the hospital this evening. brother took over dad duty for hubby this morning so he could get to work after being up all night with dad! sheesh. couldn't one of us at least get some shut eye? bless his heart-- i married a saint.
dad was restless all afternoon as he told scott he felt sure he had hurt mom when he was helping her get to the potty last night. it was good for him to visit with her this evening to ease his mind. both scott and i had tried assuring him there was no way he could have done that.... and there isn't-- those weren't just words. mom fell hard-- although she doesn't remember it. that's all there is to it.
we'll see what tomorrow brings for mom. we'll see what god has planned for both 'rents. probably a good time to mention that the phone call came in this afternoon that dad "qualified" for the memory floor at the AL-ALF.
for now, i'm staying with dad and mom's doggie overnight. and i'm ready for
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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