Mom was transfered to an ambulatory Alzheimer's unit last Thursday.
She settled in wonderfully and late Friday night or early Saturday
morning she fell and broke her hip. She was scheduled to have initial
x-rays completed on site but later on Saturday she was transported to
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital where she is resting right now.
After further x-ray diagnostics it was determined that her pelvis is
cracked, her femur is fine and there will be no surgery. But she has
been a very agitated patient and she pulled out the first IV line
placed in her arm so she is now mildly sedated plus some morphine for
the pain. Even though she is eating and drinking her anemia is still
high and she was given two units of blood to increase her blood
pressure and total blood volume.
Dad and I went over and visited the hospital on Sunday morning and
Mom was sleeping after a very difficult night with IV's and such. The
nursing staff was wonderful to Dad and I in explaining her situation
and later the doctor called Dad and gave him an update. She is
scheduled to return to the care center on Tuesday and she will now be
placed in a standard three bed, non-locked wing of the facility and
chances are her ambulatory days of wandering off are over.
Dad is coming to grips with the changes and it would be nice if
things would just stay stable for a few days.
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