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John B.

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Three weeks ago my mother in law came down with a case of shingles. Four days later she rolls out of her bed at 3 am hit her head. Her left eye swelled shut and now the whole side of her face is black and blue. Friday after thanksgiving at 4am she called and said she developed nose bleeds, so bad we took her to the Emergency room. They saw her black and blue cheek and eye and decided to take a CT scan which was negative (good). Well after 4 hrs and one shift change at the hospital they decided to put packing in her left nostril. It was about 6 inches long with a hose. Once in place they used a syringe to pump air into to apply pressure inside her nostril. Next day it was removed. Been good since.. This morning she called at 7am, her power was out. The transformer on the pole in her yard burned up, quit working. 3 hrs later she was up and running again. Last couple of days she's been fighting diarrhea now. She's 87 so we keep checking up on her. She's still on the farm by herself.
 
John, sounds like it's time for her to come stay with you if possible. My Mom is 87 too, she had to move in with us this spring. She thinks she's a burden to us, but I explained to her she's less of a burden being here where we can take care of her instead of being out there by herself where we worry about her.

It's taking some adjusting for all of us but it's better than her going into a nursing home, or worse...

Prayers for your family.
 
She wanted to stay with us over the weekend but only during the daylight hours. Then she wanted to go home and sleep in her own house. I can tell she is tired of being alone. Bad thing is my wife and I work full time during the day. She's 1.5 miles away from our house but yes My wife and her sister are going to have to decide to do something. Thanks for all your concerns.
 
Believe I would too ,,.. My Mom made it to 91 and half ,, last 2 winters I invited her to stay with us ,, she just would not leav e her house,,.,, every day one of the 7 of us 8 kids would be there doing whatever,, it really was no big deal,, No One Realizes How Much mobility they have lost over time ..
 
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