Bad news

[wiseheart]

And I mean REALLY bad news. Mum's taken a fall in the living room and dislocated her hip. After an hour spent in romantic discomfort on the floor the ambulance finally arrived and took her to the hospital. I wasn't allowed to go with her because of the f*cking plague. Nor will I be able to visit her. I wanted her to take my mobile phone but she panicked that she won't be able to deal with it, so no contact whatsoever.

I am really scared. I am scared shitless. I'm scared that they'll ruin her hip, just as the incompetent butchers in the other hospital ruined her shoulder twenty or so years ago. I'm scared that after a year of voluntary isolation she might get the cursed virus, after all. She's 89, for f*ck!s sake!

Somebody hand me a bucket, please, I feel the sheer irresistible urge to bawl...

Update: it turns out that the leg is broken, after all. Mum is now waiting for surgery.

Comments

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, that's bad news, indeed! And at times like these, with that darn plague hindering us from visiting our loved ones! I'm keeping you and your mother in my thoughts.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. *sigh*
At least last time she had some problem I could be there with her a lot. The thought that she id beyond my reach, suffering and alone, is really terrible.

[motodraconis.livejournal.com]

She may be more stoic this time perhaps? Just seen your update and it reminded me of Maman's op. I wasn't allowed to see her, but when I did manage to get through on the phone, she was woozy and tired and too busy with that to really be missing visits. As she got better, she was hugely distracted by the quality (or lack of) the food and enjoyed a good grumble (interspersed with compliments as sometimes the food was amazing, and other times diabolical) to the nurses about it.
I'm guessing they'll want to boot your mum out of hospital asap, so by the time she is starting to come out of her wooziness and pure survival mode to the point she might be starting to get more upset, she'll hopefully be ready to come home.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

God, I certainly hope so! A colleague offered her hubby's help with the residues toilet thingy before Mum is released — those 15 or so centimetres will be helpful, once she is mobile again. Even if I 'll have to visit the loo in high heels in the foreseeable future, as my legs are much shorter.

[motodraconis.livejournal.com]

I know it is not easy, but try and rest if you can, so your batteries are charged for her return. Hopefully they should be ringing you with good news after the op, which will help. It's not going to be easy for her, but she is being cared for and watched by experts, the nurses at least.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

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