Maji's blog: "Life shtuff..."

Just an update for all who knew, and a thank you for the well wishes. 

My grammy took a fall earlier in the week,  and broke her hip. She's 82.  The fracture was somewhat below the ball joint, in what they call the neck of the femur. She had bypass few years back, so has been on coumadin since, and after tests at the time of her admission the surgeons met and decided her blood was too thin for surgery, and they had to wait for the medication to dwindle out of her sytem, and estimated a couple of days fopr that. Theyve had her sedated heavily so she would be comfortable, as possible anyway.

Today they said her bloodwork was suitable for the procedure, and they scheduled her for 1pm. An emergency case came in and backed her up to 430. They were able to put a rod in successfully despite its location, and  she was out about 7pm. They said everything went quite well, and that she didnt need any blood to supplement her loss during.

She's still not really coherent tonight, but should be coming around tomorrow. They plan to get her up on it late tomorrow and she should be ready for the PT assisted living facility in 3-4 days, where she will spend a few weeks getting her range of motion back and adverting adhesions.

I realize the "stigma" is this injury is usually the one that puts most elderly folks down enough where they dont get back functional, but thats usually when they break their actual pelvic bone. She's a pretty motivated woman, and Im hoping she will respond well to therapy. I'll be grooming her house in the meantime for any modifications she may need to get around. Beyond that I'll be sending her all the mojo I got.