Phoenix

jemcanada2 · #26

You’re just Pollyanna playing the Glad game! I play it all the time too!

“Well, at least my coffee didn’t spill when I fell off my chair!”

#27

Yikes and a half!

BOTH

and

down for the count! This is not good!

Annrc · #28

Slim Cognito · #29

Oh my! Good vibes to both of you.

#30

This story sounds so familiar to me. I'm trying to think where I heard it ... !

Bigs hugs and best wishes to you both. On the bright side you'll get a lot of experience being a caregiver. You'll learn all about patient maintenance. It's a bumpy ride. Keep the ibuprophen and the ice bags flowing. When he gets cranky, it could be the pain and/or the drugs talkin. Put safety covers on all your switches so your feeling don't get hurt. Give him the bed to himself so he can moan and groan in peace, and keep whatever hours his body allows. You find someplace else to lie down so your movements don't contribute to his pain. Keep him on a meal schedule and keep him hydrated. The pain drugs are going to cause constipation at first. Make him move around so the rest of him doesn't atrophy.

Other than that, it's a breeze!

#31

Put safety covers on all your switches so your feeling don't get hurt.

That’s good advice bill. All of it, thanks.

We borrowed one of those circulating ice machines that Foggy had but it leaked badly and before we knew it the bed clothes were soaked . Now it’s ice packs only.

Maybenaut · #32

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#34

Update:
Mr520’s staples came out today. The wound looks good from an infection standpoint, Frankenstein-ish aesthetically.

The worst for him was the time beteeen the fall and about a week after the surgery, around 3 weeks. Surgery was on the 23rd of august. He’s been off the pain meds for several days, erasing one of his worries. After a trip to the office in which he almost passed out from the heat he obeyed me.

He’s been Reiki-certified for 30 years now and has been working on himself, and doing bed exercises on his core. Even so, he feels weak. He’s stir crazy, my energizer bunny. The only thing that keeps him still and sane is watching movies and series. He finished the 4 extended Lord of the Rings movies (comfort), 3 seasons of Reservation Dogs, I forget what else.

Easier than we anticipated, all in all. Starts PT in 3 weeks. I’m sleeping on an actual bed now and it’s Heaven. After 30+ years of sharing a bed I’m enjoying the solitude.

#35

Good news!

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#37

Oh Reiki, very cool. My brother-in-law was certified. He did that and all kinds of energy stuff, he'd come home physically and emotionally exhausted. Heavy stuff.

Glad there haven't been any setbacks, and

#38

Glad to hear its going well!!