I can't believe things all changed just a few short hours after I made myself a promise to keep better track of Mom on this blog. I really meant for the "cute" stuff she does and says----NEVER did I suspect the following:

Got a call from Sumerset this morning at 5:30. Mom was on her way to the hospital. She had gotten out of bed by herself and fallen. They thought she had a broken hip and maybe a broken shoulder.

Mom was already at the hospital when I got there. They took x-rays and said there were no breaks. They said her right shoulder was damaged but weren't sure if it was from the fall or arthritis. They put her in a sling and took her back to Sumerset. That's when I saw her being moved for the first time. We got there at 10 and by 11 I told them to get the ambulance back there.

This time they found she had fractured her pelvis. She's in a lot of pain, but they are working on controlling that. A PT person will come and talk with us tomorrow.

Poor Mom, for the first time, she said, :This isn't fair!" and she's right!

Wish I Had Kept Up

I wish I had kept up this blog as there have been many things with Mom I'll wish to remember in the future. I've written about them in emails, but should have posted them here as well. I will try hard to do better in the future.

Just a quick summary: Mom is now in a home in Bingham. They love her there. We have put on a regular collar so the nurses will be able to keep putting in back on correctly each time Mom takes it off AND it's simpler so that Mom doesn't have to break it in order to get it off.

My last visit, we had in the cafeteria with two other ladies (not at Mom's usual table). The other two ladies were having a conversation. I say "a" because they were really two unrelated topics. When I looked over at Mom she had this look on her face that said, "What the F". It was funny and cute that she noticed the conversations were not the same and didn't make sense.

I really think Mom is doing better there than she did here, mentally. I think it's all the other people around and the daily activities. It's starting to help me feel less guilty.