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Re: Surgery
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Reply to: #949111 by PS84.11
Jul 27, 2017 6:42am
Prayers for you and your family
Re: Surgery
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #949111 by PS84.11
Jul 27, 2017 7:52am
Praying that everything goes well for you this morning and that the Lord will give you and your family the added strength needed for recovery after your surgery.
Re: Surgery
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #949111 by PS84.11
Jul 27, 2017 8:12am
My best friend is going through chemo right now, she is 1/2 way done! I'll be praying for you and your family. And the dr's that will be working on you.
chemo and radiation is not an easy road, but with modern science I feel that they can be very successful!
chemo and radiation is not an easy road, but with modern science I feel that they can be very successful!
Re: Surgery
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #949111 by PS84.11
Jul 28, 2017 5:53am
just had surgery last Saturday and just came home day before yesterday after staying in hospitiol for a week. there were times that depression kinda sneaks up on you and and times when it hits you in the face. if you can get someone to wheel you down to the atrium or get you out of the room, it helps so much! change of place! focus on your life of joy after the recovery part is over and enjoy all the attention and love you will be getting right now! I send my prayers! you don't have to be the brave face, but it does help even your own self esteem.
Re: Surgery
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #949111 by PS84.11
Jul 28, 2017 8:48am
Prayers for you and your family!
Goofy girl's father in law
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Aug 20, 2017 9:29am
My father in law passed away in the night last night. I was the first one my mother in law called. This was the first time I have ever seen a body before it went to the funeral home. We have plans to make and what not this week. It will be a long one. My husband was at the rig when this happened and will be home in a few hours
Re: Goofy girl's father in law
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Reply to: #950324 by Goofy girl
Aug 20, 2017 10:55am
So sorry to hear that. My husband just lost his father this summer, too.
Re: Goofy girl's father in law
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Reply to: #950324 by Goofy girl
Aug 20, 2017 4:44pm
Sorry for your loss
Re: Goofy girl's father in law
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Reply to: #950324 by Goofy girl
Aug 20, 2017 4:55pm
I am so so sorry, for many reasons. I also have been in this position, and it was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. I had a duped last second choice at least, but I wasn't sure I was making the right one for myself and others at the time. I'm sure for the few who respond that there are MANY more who relate but are hitting that [HUG] button instead because they don't want to feel like they are intruding. I hope that when your hard working husband gets home that he is obviously falling into open ARMS and finds the comfort/soothing love that is always there for him.
Re: Goofy girl's father in law
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950333 by Raven
Aug 20, 2017 8:13pm
Thank you all it has been a very exhausting day physically and emotionally!
Gg
Gg
Re: Goofy girl's father in law
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950340 by Goofy girl
Aug 20, 2017 8:51pm
My condolences to you and your family.
Shiloh
Shiloh
Re: Goofy girl's father in law
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950324 by Goofy girl
Aug 21, 2017 2:31am
Well wishes and prayers of strength for you and your family in this time of grief.
Prayers for my mom
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Aug 25, 2017 8:56pm
My mom fell off the bed this morning and broke her hip. After talking with the Dr. late tonight, because of her age (100 in a month) and little difference in outcome, my sisters have decided not to have them do surgery. Now we'll most like have to find a nursing home for her instead of the Alzheimer facility she has been in. She is so upset--talked for 8 hours straight, ripping out tubes ... and complaining about what we're doing to her. We're all facing a lot of unknowns and very anxious. My daughter and I are the only ones who live in the same city with her and most is going to fall on us.
Re: Prayers for my mom
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950532 by Topcollector
Aug 25, 2017 9:56pm
Prayers for ALL of you. You'll need them as much as your mom. I'm sorry she, and all of you, are going through this.
Re: Prayers for my mom
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950532 by Topcollector
Aug 26, 2017 2:39am
Such a sad state for a person who has lived an entire century, life is so cruel. Prayers and well wishes for her to live as full a life as possible given the situation, and you and your daughter for the needed strength to daily face the complexities of this situation.
Re: Prayers for my mom
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Reply to: #950532 by Topcollector
Aug 26, 2017 6:52am
Re: Prayers for my mom
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950532 by Topcollector
Aug 26, 2017 7:05am
I will be thinking about you and your mother, and keeping you all in my prayers. Remember that your letterboxing friends are always there for you if you need us.
Re: Prayers for my mom
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Reply to: #950540 by carry on grandma
Aug 26, 2017 7:35am
Thanks to all.
Re: Prayers for my mom
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Reply to: #950532 by Topcollector
Aug 26, 2017 1:07pm
I will be thinking about your mother and your family.
Re: Prayers for my mom
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950532 by Topcollector
Aug 26, 2017 1:23pm
I'm so, so sorry for you. My Mom fell out of bed last fall and broker her hip, but she was able to have surgery (she was only (!) 90. However, it was textbook, was almost ready to leave rehab, contracted a terrible pneumonia and ended up in memory care. Most of the decisions and things have fallen to me and now I am in the process of emptying a house of 60 years of living so I can sell it. She was very ill last summer as well, so the years are going by with illnesses and surgeries to mark their passing instead of good memories. I am very, very sorry that you and she are going through this.- storm rider
Re: Prayers for my mom
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950556 by storm rider
Aug 26, 2017 7:51pm
Thanks. She has slipped off the bed there many times and we knew this was inevitable. She fell so many times when she was living at home that she didn't think anything about it. At least I do have 2 sisters to help with that stuff even though they live out of town. They do come here when they can, they both at least live within 2 hr-drive.
Re: Prayers for my mom
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950532 by Topcollector
Aug 27, 2017 7:42am
That's very sad, I'm so sorry. I agree at that age, surgery outcome would probably not be beneficial. Hugs and prayers.
Re: Prayers for my mom
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950532 by Topcollector
Aug 27, 2017 1:16pm
:-(
Topcollector, my friend, I will meditate in prayer on you, mom, and siblings. I will light a candle. Doing it now.
♡♡♡
Topcollector, my friend, I will meditate in prayer on you, mom, and siblings. I will light a candle. Doing it now.
♡♡♡
Re: Prayers for my mom
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950592 by crosscresent
Aug 28, 2017 5:50am
Thank you.
Re: Prayers for my mom
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950532 by Topcollector
Aug 29, 2017 11:41am
It appears that she will be able to return to her original residence. They did a PT evaluation today and decided she will qualify for a 1-person transfer (probably because she only weighs about 85 lb.) and Medicare will pay for a PT person to go there and also hospice care. When we left her last night she was in very good spirits--almost her old self--but that changes minute by minute. If we're in the room with her she whines that she can't get her arm up to feed herself, but if we walk out and peek in, she does just fine and eats every last bite. Sly like a fox at 100. Amazing. She's always been a clean freak. She was complaining that there was black dirt in her bed--oh, it was her brownie crumbs.
SCRATCH THAT--Now they say they won't take her back, so we're down to a choice between 2 places.
Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.
SCRATCH THAT--Now they say they won't take her back, so we're down to a choice between 2 places.
Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.
Re: Prayers for my mom
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950532 by Topcollector
Aug 29, 2017 6:08pm
I am so sorry that your family is going through this. I couldn't imagine how hard it must be on all of you. I will be keeping you in my prayers. ❤️
Re: Prayers for my mom
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950679 by Topcollector
Aug 29, 2017 7:25pm
Oh I'm so sorry. It is so hard to plan. I'm curious, is the hip painful? I have heard of the no surgery choice before and it baffled me a bit. Is it that she cannot support herself on it or is it painful if she even just shifts in bed?
Re: Prayers for my mom
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950532 by Topcollector
Aug 30, 2017 8:18am
How is your mom doing today? How are you doing today? My thoughts and prayers are with you during this period of uncertainty.
Re: Prayers for my mom
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950705 by shutterbug2012
Aug 30, 2017 9:27am
I'm working during the day, so won't see her 'til tonight. Yesterday they had her sitting up in a lounge chair with her legs up and she wasn't complaining. When she was in bed a couple days ago and they would change the sheets or move her she would cry in pain. She's just so tiny that she kind of slides down and can't pull herself up. And she has scoliosis so bad that it's hard for her to lay on her back. We're supposed to find out today where she will be moved to but my sisters haven't called yet. Amazing out a 100-yr-old person can still try and lay guilt. Last night when I started to leave after she ate supper (which she tried to get me to eat) she said--"oh, you'll probably leave now and I'll need something." The nurses all think she's funny. I never heard her say a cuss word my entire life and my sisters were asking my daughter if she ever thought she'd hear her grandma cussing like a sailor. Apparently that happened a couple days ago during the day. But only in front of us--she's as nice as pie to everyone else and knows how to put on happy face.
Re: Prayers for my mom
Board: Prayer and Healing
Reply to: #950705 by shutterbug2012
Aug 30, 2017 2:02pm
She's being moved today to a really nice facility here in town. I hope she likes it better than the last place--but it's not her house, so probably not. She just wants to go home and is still worried about who's paying the bills. She always wants us to take her to the bank so she can get some money. Yeah, right, they can't even keep track of her clothes and glasses.
They got her moved & she says she'll stay there for 1 day :) ha ha.
They got her moved & she says she'll stay there for 1 day :) ha ha.