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My mom goes in for hip replacement surgery today. I’ll be in and out for the next 3-4 weeks.
June 11, 2008 6:51 AM
I’ve been working feverishly for two weeks to get Tabouli wrapped up because today my mom goes in for hip replacement surgery. If you’re the praying type or healer type, send her your good vibes. Surgery is at 12:00 noon CST in the US. I may be blogging from the hospital.
Hopefully the pace of the last two weeks has me prepared to get through the next few weeks now. I’ll be in and out constantly to attend to my parents, now 75 and 80, neither of which will be able to move around much at all, so thank you for your understanding and patience up front.
For Tabouli, I believe I have solved the last of the browser issues and I just need to implement them. If all goes smoothly today, I should be able to get those in tonight and have the update posted tomorrow.
I wish you and your parents all the best and i will pray for you all. My mother (86) is also in hospital, so i know what you must feel…
Guy
Thanks Guy - I appreciate that a lot. We’re at the hospital now, checking in. Amazing you can be nearly anywhere these days and still log-in to the internet and manage things :)
Well wishes to you and your mother as well. Is she okay?
My prayers are with you and your family. Hopefully it will be a completely boring and mundane day (interesting how appealing that can be at times): where the surgery goes like clockwork and the biggest worry is whether to have green or red jello for dessert.
Ah yes, Jello… ugh :) Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts Mathew. This hospital is fairly new - there’s a grand piano in the open air cafe. The entire place sits in a very forest-like area. You can do yoga, get acupuncture or even request reiki work. I’m betting they’ve moved on from Jello and have something like tofu ;-)
She is getting better but she is getting old and has problems with dementia now.
Ah… yes, that is quite common here in the US too.
My mom’s surgeon just informed us the surgery went really well and she’s in recovery yay! :)
Happy to hear this. I hope she will recover fast.
By the way… My website can now also be found at http://www.guybeckers.net :-)
Wishing you and your mom the best and fastest recovery. You need her recovery as much as she does. I am glad the surgery went well.
Hey thanks for fixing my login problem.
Mireille
Hey, Sue–All my best to you and your mom. I’m thinking about you guys!
- Paul
God Bless and you and your mother will be in my thoughts and prayers.
Guy - I’ll get your listing updated.
Mireille - thank you my dear. I got home at 7PM last night, went right to bed and didn’t get up until 9AM this morning :-/ Managing this site, two kids (my dogs) and going through this is exhausting. Thank God my sister flew in from CA to help.
Paul - you’re alive :-O I was just about ready to call your wife and ask what the heck is going on. Write to me when you get a chance. P.S. If you’re up this way around the 27th, I’m having dinner with Amy Johnson. Join us.
Matt - thank you. We all appreciate this very much.
I told my mom last night that you all were sending her well wishes and she was very grateful. I think any kind of surgery can be a bit shocking, despite all the bravery one can muster, so it helps to know others are cheering for you.
Suz,
My thoughts & prayers are with you and your family; I’m actually heading to FL next week to see my dad (80 yrs. old) who has a triple by-pass on May 8th, developed a lung infection and is still in the hospital! (the heart surgery went perfectly, BTW!)
Take care.
Ron
http://www.randomdoorways.com
Good to hear that you mother is doing well from her surgery. I’m sorry that I did not catch this yesterday, but it would seem that many prayers were on her side.
Just a note to let you know that I love your templates. Please, keep them coming! We’ll keep praying for your mom.
Nathan
Egad Ron - my dad had triple by-pass too. It took him an entire year to really heal and get back to normal. Getting the drug combinations right was tricky. He also got pneumonia too. That’s a tough surgery and recovery takes a long time. Tell him friends in MN are cheering for him.
Nathan thanks a ton. It doesn’t matter what day - you made me smile regardless :)
My mother by the way, is on some very interesting happy pills right now. We were in therapy with some other “replacement” patients and every one of them was dozing off during their exercises. Then they wake up and introduce themselves to you again. It was hilarious.
Probably the funniest part however was when my mom pulled out her bright red lipstick and did her lips for her afternoon nap LOL. Great technology, great drugs. How can you go wrong?
Best wishes~
Suzanne: I’ve been way too busy the past couple days, but I did want to send a quick note saying I’m very happy that your mother’s surgery went well. I know it will take a lot of work and time to help her during the recuperation period, but hang in there!
Hanging! We brought her home today and things are looking pretty good. She’s a bit concerned about managing things since my dad can’t move around well or drive but my sister and I will be looking after them both for a good three weeks or until she’s able to maneuver herself and drive again.
Ugh… hard stuff for 75. Her incision is about 8-9 inches wide. OUCH!
Wow, that’s intense for a 75 year old!
Sound like are few of us are in this position
My 81 year old mum is in for a knee replacement on Thursday nest week…. she’s been waiting for two years… and shes been getting old for the first time!
My mom had a hip replacement a couple of years ago. After having it done, her comment was that if she had known that it would have made such a difference she would have had it done earlier. She had not realized how much pain she was in until it was gone.
She also went straight from the hospital to a rehab unit. The PT’s would not let he go home until she was able to handle the stairs.
Suzanne, hope your mom is well on the mend.