06-21-2014, 07:36 PM
A few folks were wondering about Jenny - I gave her a shout out today and she asked me to share with you
, please tell everyone what's been going on with my family & let them know that I will try to check in soon! Plz tell them all that I love them!
my 87 year-old mother has had about 6 falls over the past 3 years & had a really bad one on March 16th, resulting in her severe concussion & head injury, pressure hydrocephalus & broken vertebrae (only we didn't even KNOW she had broken vertebrae until late May!!!). Three weeks ago tomorrow, I took her to the ER where they found the broken vertebrae & hospitalized her. She had a procedure called a kyphoplasty, in which they gave her a shot into the broken vertebrae of a cementy-gluey substance to help them heal better & faster. However, she's still in a lot of back pain. After she was discharged from the hospital, she spent 9 nights at a rehab facility, where she got some intensive physical, occupation & speech/language therapy services. We brought her home from there about a week ago. She's now getting in-home therapies. We have an appointment with a new neurologist next Friday to address the pressure hydrocephalus issues & figure out a course of action.
part of this is that my mom is experiencing, for the 1st time, some dementia
She went on to explain how hard the dementia is for her family.
I can't believe she is going through all this - my heart is aching for her.
, please tell everyone what's been going on with my family & let them know that I will try to check in soon! Plz tell them all that I love them!
my 87 year-old mother has had about 6 falls over the past 3 years & had a really bad one on March 16th, resulting in her severe concussion & head injury, pressure hydrocephalus & broken vertebrae (only we didn't even KNOW she had broken vertebrae until late May!!!). Three weeks ago tomorrow, I took her to the ER where they found the broken vertebrae & hospitalized her. She had a procedure called a kyphoplasty, in which they gave her a shot into the broken vertebrae of a cementy-gluey substance to help them heal better & faster. However, she's still in a lot of back pain. After she was discharged from the hospital, she spent 9 nights at a rehab facility, where she got some intensive physical, occupation & speech/language therapy services. We brought her home from there about a week ago. She's now getting in-home therapies. We have an appointment with a new neurologist next Friday to address the pressure hydrocephalus issues & figure out a course of action.
part of this is that my mom is experiencing, for the 1st time, some dementia
She went on to explain how hard the dementia is for her family.
I can't believe she is going through all this - my heart is aching for her.