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Doris Night[_3_]

On Sat, 07 Oct 2017 21:19:26 -0400, wrote:

>On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 16:57:03 -0400 (EDT), Cheryl
> wrote:
>
>>"Cheri" > Wrote in message:
>>> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
>>> web.com...
>>>> can you email me? It's important, related to the life alert
>>>> pendants we've had a lot of conversations about. I got a new
>>>> computer and life has gotten hectic and I haven't had a chance to
>>>> import my address book. I also can't believe my phone doesn't
>>>> even have your email address saved.
>>>>
>>>> To others, without some way to get help might be the end of you.
>>>> Just went through a horrific thing with my mom and even though
>>>> she has a pendant she wasn't wearing it. She's going to be OK but
>>>> only because some miracle happened. Very badly broken leg and
>>>> already had surgery but at an advanced age I know it's going to
>>>> be a slow recovery.
>>>
>>> Good wishes for your mother and hopefully the recovery is not as slow as
>>> these things usually are.
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Thank you Cheri. I hope so too but her pain in trying to move even
>> a little bit appears unbearable. It was broken pretty high up and
>> close enough to her hip that they thought they might need to also
>> replace the hip ball but luckily they got away with just having
>> to insert a titanium rod down though just the femur.
>
>That doesn't sound too serious and I hope she recovers quickly. It
>might be a good idea to have her abode surveyed and outfitted for the
>elderly and handicapped so she'll have less chance of accidents. She
>also may be helped with a few weeks of rehab.
>
>On Monday my wife will be having a double knee replacement. She's 70
>and her doctors said if she waits much longer she may not be able to
>have the knee replacement surgery. So she decided to bite the bullet
>and do the double... otherwise next year she'd need to go through the
>same thing all over again, why be out of commission for two years when
>she will be over with the ordeal in one year, and it is an ordeal,
>with lots of rehab. She's in great shape physically and not at all
>over weight so her doctors recommended she do it all at once. She
>decided she'll forego skiing this winter and resume playing golf come
>spring... and she prefers to walk the course, she rarely takes a cart,
>only if her partner can't walk. Next winter she hopes to resume
>skiing but will begin with the bunny slopes and slowly work her way up
>in difficulty as she can, but she's an excellent black diamond alpine
>skier. but will likely decide to give up those tough courses, with
>artificial knees she can't risk a fall.
>
>Anyway once she can drive I will be having cataract surgery, for now
>I'll need to bring her to rehab... we can't both not be able to drive.
>I'm not looking forward to eye surgery, someone who can't even put
>drops in my own eyes.. she'll do my drops and she wears contacts so is
>used to futzing with eyes. Okay, her surgery is at 12:45 on Monday,
>at Lennox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. She will derive to Long Island
>tomorrow and stay at her son's house and he will transport her
>whereever. If everything goes well she'll be home in three weeks. I
>have to stay here and hold down the fort and take care of the cats.
>There's no room for me at her son's house anyway, when she visits she
>usually sleeps on the couch but this time she'll sleep in one of the
>grand's beds and they can take the couch. The first two weeks she'll
>be having rehab at a special unit at the hospital so she'll have her
>own room. She'll only be at her son's house one week and they will be
>transporting her to rehab every day. Then her son will drive her here
>in her car and the next day I will drive him to the Amtrack station in
>Poughkeepsie where from there he can ride right to his office in
>Manhattan. At first this seemed very convoluted but if all goes well
>with the surgery it will be easy. She could have had the surgery here
>but her surgeon has been treating her knees for some 15 years and he's
>the best, the head of sports medicine at Lennox Hill, he treats all
>the top atheletes... they come to him from all over the world.

Hope it all goes well, Sheldon.

Doris