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Skriven 2015-09-10 21:23:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: Peppers
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 09-09-15  21:29 <=-

 RH>> Hopefully minor issues that will be corrected as she gets stronger.
 NB>> Seems to be.  When I was with her Saturday, and again yesterday, she's
 NB>> doing much better at the walking... pretty decent strides even, and
 NB>> the right foot properly going beyond the left... i think she's further
 NB>> along now in recovery than she was when she fell and broke her hip
 NB>> during the bowel surgery recovery...  :)  On Saturday, Lydia had 9

 RH> Good, time and healing in her own comfort zone have been beneficial.
 RH> She hasn't had to put up with the hospital environment, able to see
 RH> family every day--helps that positive attitude.

And she's had good therapists coming to the house, and a lot of push
from family to do the work she needs to do to get better... :)
 
 NB>> pies to bake and a wedding cake to make, frost and decorate for a
 NB>> Sunday wedding (she does it as a sideline business), so I was there
 NB>> to keep Mommy company and do the easy stuff so Lydia could focus
 NB>> on the job at hand... :)

 RH> Sounds like Lydia was rather busy. (G) But, you undoubtedly enjoyed
 RH> the time with your mom so it was good you were available.
 
One-armed paperhanger she was... (G)  And pies baking need some
attention, especially at critical points... ;)
 
 NB>> And yesterday was Mommy's 86th birthday and we had a family party for
 NB>> her... Lydia made her spinach and her corn quiches, Mary Grace made a
 NB>> chicken potpie... and Lydia made a carrot cake with cream cheese
 NB>> frosting at Mommy's request...  :)  It was just MG and husband Marty,
 NB>> me and Richard, and one of Lydia's girls (Bonnie) along with Lydia and
 NB>> Mommy of course... Some of the local family were traveling back from
 NB>> being out of town... others were still out of town...

 RH> Sometimes quiet is better than the noise and confusion of a lot of
 RH> people, even if all the people are family. 

True... although I'm sure Mommy wouldn't have minded having a few more
around... ;)

 RH> My mom passed away a couple of weeks before her 86th birthday so your
 RH> mom has reached a milestone my mom never did.

Ah, but your dad has reached milestones that my dad never did... he was
a few months short of his 87th birthday... He would have been 94 this
year, had he lived... :)

 NB>> Sometimes that's just as nice...  ;)  I finally got my car back,
 NB>> fixed, today...  HURRAY....!!!   Now I can have my freedom back...  :)

 RH> Feels good, doesn't it? 

Yup, sure does...  :)

 RH> Tonight we had left over ribs and German
 RH> potato salad for supper, with some green beans I'd grabbed at the
 RH> farmer's market. Steve had to run out to Lowe's (hardware) before
 RH> supper so I started eating when it was cooked. Had nursery duty tonight
 RH> at church so I was able to get the kitchen cleaned up while Steve ate
 RH> when he returned.
 
Sounds like it all worked out smoothly enough...  :)

 RH>> That helps. At one time we'd thought that Dad would go first and Steve
 RH>> & I would take Mom in. God had other plans.
 NB>> As is often the case...  :)

 RH> And as usual, working for the best.

Yup... he knows what he's doing...  :)
 
 RH>> That's for sure! He wouldn't need a walker bag quite as much if he had
 RH>> the 4 on the floor model; most of them come with a seat that covers a
 RH>> storage area.
 NB>> Yup...  A number of the people I was taking care of before have
 NB>> had that sort... very convenient on a lot of levels... even if they
 NB>> can be a little tricky to maneuver into the car when one is
 NB>> transporting... ;)

 RH> Guess every therapist has to make all kinds of judgement calls, as to
 RH> what walker will work best for each person. But, that's probably part
 RH> of their training so,............................

I'm sure it is... and I've noticed that after a hip operation the
2-wheel walkers are ordered, at least until they progress to the point
where they don't need the extra stability..  One of the people at church
broke his hip about the same time that Mommy did hers... he's back to
church again, too, but with the same 2-wheel walker as Mommy has,
instead of the rolling walker he'd been using beforehand...  I remember
that Daddy also had the more stable sort after his two hip breaks, but
he was using the rolling one later... until he needed to be transported
by chair instead, when the Parkinsons got worse...  

ttyl        neb

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