This is a picture taken when mother was in Ruidoso this June.
I got a call from Ricki last night about 6:00 pm that mother had fallen & was being taken to Mercy Hospital. Ricki met her at the ER and it was determined that she had broken her left hip. The surgeon would do surgery on Friday evening after 5:00. The surgery will last about 3 or 4 hrs. That is happening as I write this.
Kenna got to OKC about 9:30 this morning and Mac is going to OKC on Saturday. I am so glad Ricki is there. I won’t be going home unless there are problems. I’m sure they can take care of everything.
I talked to mother this morning and I could hardly understand her because she has been drugged up. But I told her I loved her and to hang in there and get well fast.
The doctor explained that it was a common break and he will put a rod in the hip. He thought the recovery would be faster than when she broke her right hip and leg nine years ago. That is good news!
Mother’s explanation was that she was late for dinner and she was hurrying into the dining room with her cane and caught her foot on a chair and tripped.
When she falls she always gets so mad at herself for not taking things slower.
Mother has broken her right hip, right leg, right arm and now the left hip during the summer when I have been gone. She broke her left wrist when I was in OKC.
Obviously her bones break easy.
Just got a call from Ricki and mother is out of surgery and doing well. It only took an hour. She will be in the hospital room until middle of next week and then will do in-hospital physical therapy and then will go to skilled nursing.
She is a tough lady and will recover from this too!! Love ya MOM
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