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The one I help out with her aphasia.

I got a phone call at 07:25 this morning from her daughter to tell me not to go round today as mum would be in hospital.

She's eightyodd and had been putting the wheelie bins back in place after the binmen had been and fell over, hurt her hip and could not walk. The bins are twice the size she is.

The good news is that (they do not think) she has broken her hip, but that it is badly bruised, so she is home for bed rest. For now she is on paracetamol and Voltarol gel to ease the pain. Her family are well dispersed so I have told Jools that I will go in from time to time to make her soup and a sandwich and just keep an eye on her.

If things are no better after the weekend she has to go back for more x-rays just to make sure. And to top things off; during the tests they discovered a previously unknown heart murmur - so more hospital visits for tests.

Love her to bits, but I could give her a slap for being so independent and stubborn. We will have words.

Poor lady, I hope it’s just bruising and that the murmur isn’t going to be problematic.

My parents are like that Frank, they’re far too independent. Dad thinks nothing of going up the ladder to clean the upstairs windows at 85.

That's the lady you told us about WM?

We're all the same Jo, we keep on going, thinking we can do stuff we used to do many years ago

She's lucky to have you near by WM x

Yes, Jan.

Jo, Z wears a wrist monitor or, more correctly, she 'should' wear it.

She can set it to 'sleep' when she goes to bed and can then take it off. When she puts it back to 'wake' as she gets up it checks in with the monitoring team and they ring her to make sure everything is OK. So far, so good.

Most times when I go round it is on the sideboard in the hallway 'because it is so bulky'. She only really wears it when she knows family are calling round. We have told her, but.....

Oh, and she also has a trick. She will pick it up and give it a bang and that sets off the alarm. The monitoring team then ring to see that she is fine.... "Oh yes dear I was doing some washing, cleaning, planting and I banged my wrist against....."

She's a bit of a Devil.

Normal feisty ole lady - good on her

The times I've been round to D's and walked in on her balanced on a stepladder or chair, changing a lightbulb or something! I would have done it, if she'd just waited five minutes She won't wear one of those alert things

I hope your friend makes a good recovery Frank xxxx

WM,
Get her to try Arnica tablets. You can get them from Boots chemist.
They are very small and can easily get lost. They come in a tube and have to be shaken out onto a saucer.
My wife has taken them after she fell and seemde to work.
Hope your friend soon recovers

I'm glad they helped her Cruiser x

Kaz wrote:The times I've been round to D's and walked in on her balanced on a stepladder or chair, changing a lightbulb or something! I would have done it, if she'd just waited five minutes She won't wear one of those alert things

I hope your friend makes a good recovery Frank xxxx

My Nan had the pull chords, she tied them up (and no doubt stood on a chair to do it as she was less than 5ft) because we were always mixing them up with the lights. She was 94 when we lost her and she was still active up until six months before. She even entered the council gardening contest every year until she was 92, she won it on a couple of occasions too. We don't half miss our Nanny Edie, me and my aunties had a lovely reminisce about her at my cousin's wedding recently.

She sounds a lovely lady Jo xxx