Durn old age

[RavioliKid]

Haytrader,

Best wishes for good spirits and a speedy recovery. It sure is hard to watch our dear loved ones get old - but it sure beats the alternative!

[Haytrader]

Thanks again guys and gals.
He came through the surgery and now has a little lifetime hardware to hold things together.
They had him scheduled as the last to go under the knife as they didn't know how long it would take.
He is not one to lay around the house and will be wanting to get out. And like you said Bibby, this time of year especially.

I just had a thought. How bout we have a thread where we put a picture of us and our dads so everyone can see what we look like and our fathers too? It is nice to put a face with a name.

[Patty]

About 25 years ago my Gramma was trying to make a go of it after my Grampa died. They had always heated the house with wood, and Grampa had always been in charge of sawing up the fire wood every fall. Now Gramma was just a tiny little lady, I swear the ax weighed more than she did, but she somehow made do and was keeping the house warm through the cold Wisconsin winter. One morning she went out to get the mail, and she slipped and fell in the ditch and couldn't get back up. Gramma wasn't dressed to be out in the cold all day, but there she laid until evening. When her neighbor came home after work, he saw her out there in the ditch and came to her rescue. All she needed was a little warmth, and she was all better. She wrote to me describing her ordeal and ended her letter, "Patty, you almost had yourself one stiff Granny!"   I still smile when I think of her and her strength and sense of humor. I miss her still.
I'm glad your dad fared well through his surgery, Haytrader.

[Duane_Moore]

Haytrader.  hows Dad doing? chasin the nurses yet? eatin his jello, sneak him in a hambuger for me. tell him to behave, hope he's doing well, here's some flowers from us. Duh---Duane

[Haytrader]

My wife and I stopped in to visit him last night and found him asleep. Talked to the nurse and she said he was coming along fine, just needs to move around more. I noticed they had removed the drip system for fluids and pain meds, so they are bringing him around. On his table was a couple cookies and a peice of apple pie left from meals.
One sister is an RN at our rest home. We are thinking about a little time there in the recuperation period might be good. The other sister and a neice are nurses there too. My X is activities directer.

[Patty]

Sounds like he will be in good hands Haytrader. I hope he is back on his feet very soon.

[Swede]

A couple of years ago my dad drove of the road and into anything that stopped the car. I get a call and get told he was at the hospital. I could not see it was him so they had to tell me. His face was big,  blue and red, nose and anything more broken, I could not see his eyes, he had been under the knife and going to the dentist next day........ His face had hit  the steering wheel.
He asked for the time, could not see the big clock hanging on the wall just infront of him. But I did not worry very much because he said the nurses looked nice. "Would You please take my new glasses here tomorrow!"

Swede.

[Haytrader]

Update on my dad.

He was moved to the physical therapy section of the hospital. I was present yesterday when he did some bending exercises.I was impressed at how he was progressing.
I talked to him about some farm business and had a general good feeling about him. Sounds good, right?
Then at 11:30 PM I get a call and he had tried to get up by himself and had fallen. Xrays showed no new damage to his hip. Just three stitches above the eye.

What next?

[Patty]

I am sorry Haytrader.
Often when old folks are in a new place, such as the hospital or nursing home, they get confused and forget where they are, or forget why they are there. This is not uncommon at all, just very hard for them and their family to cope with. I want to say this too shall pass, and hopefully it will. Trust in the caregivers to keep an eye on him for you, that is their job. In the mean time get plenty of rest and try to relax,so when you go see him, he doesn't see the anxiety and sadness in your eyes.

[bull]

See ya can't keep the old buck down, He was getten frisky w/the nurses..... ...
Sorry to here about the fall, my grandmother scared the crap out of us three times after her hip surgery, she was in rehab for a few weeks and then home w/ a visiting nurses aid and still managed to fall on her face.My sister lives in an attached apartment at the Farm so she's only a staircase away..... Can't keep gram down and are constantly giving her hell for not using the walker or carrying the Cane...... Stubborn and i like her that way...... 87 and still kicking !!  
 Remind the old buck it's his turn for special attention, being treated like a king once in a while ain't all that bad...
good luck and keep the faith !!

[OneWithWood]

I hope all is going well for your dad right now.  Don't be too hard on him or your brother for the accident.  He was doing what he wanted to be doing the way he wanted to do it.  He is the one suffering with the injury now.  The one thing I learned from my dad in the last few years of his life is that the freedom to do things goes quick enough.  It does not make it any easier to have your kids or any one else attempt to curtail those freedoms.  Dad told me he understood we were all concerned for his well being, as was he, but that we really needed to show him the courtesy of letting him decide what he was going to do and what he was going to have to stop doing.  They may get hurt but they will still have their dignity.

Best wishes for your dad and your family.

[karl]

Trader
Glad Dad came through the op OK- sorry 'bout the fall.
Dad's are real important, it is real hard to watch them get old,real frustrating for them too. hope he has no more accidents.
Thinking of you both.
I have been missing mine for nine years now.