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Botany

(70,516 posts)
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 05:16 PM Jan 2019

Dying ain't easy. [View all]

My 90 year old dad took a fall on thanksgiving 2018 and broke his hip. He refused any
rehab care after his hip replacement and so I had him taken back home for hospice care.
My 86 year old mom has been a road block @ times, he fights me when I try to help him
get up after a fall, and now it looks like he might not see the next month but ....

...it is what it is and in the end you gotta do the right thing.

BTW back in the day as a kid I met or knew of some wonderful people who were republicans
through my Dad .... Chuck Percy, Ray Shafer of PA, Bill Miller of Goldwater Miller, Ike, Margaret
Chase Smith of Maine, Norm Ornstein, Russel Baker, Bill Scranton, Mark Hatfield of OR, and others.

After his fall the nurse @ the hospital asked him questions to judge his lucidity and when asked
who is the President he said, "Do I have to answer that?" The nurse laughed and said no we hear that
all the time.

Oh well.

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Dying ain't easy. [View all] Botany Jan 2019 OP
I went through that with my 97 year old aunt Siwsan Jan 2019 #1
I'm truly sorry about your Dad. Delmette2.0 Jan 2019 #2
One big help is that one of my best friend's in the world wife ran some hospice work for 20 yrs. Botany Jan 2019 #3
It sounds like you have some good friends to lean on. nt Delmette2.0 Jan 2019 #5
It's so hard but as you say malaise Jan 2019 #22
My 90 yr. old Mom departed... SergeStorms Jan 2019 #10
My city does not have a inpatient facility. Delmette2.0 Jan 2019 #21
Oh wow! SergeStorms Jan 2019 #30
Deepest sympathy malaise Jan 2019 #23
Thank you. SergeStorms Jan 2019 #31
That's so true. 2naSalit Jan 2019 #4
we are here for you when you need to talk ((hugs)) samnsara Jan 2019 #6
No but Phentex Jan 2019 #7
Hard to read this and the comments. Experience with parents, my own future. bobbieinok Jan 2019 #8
:hugs: gristy Jan 2019 #32
For you: sprinkleeninow Jan 2019 #9
Not, it's not. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #11
I read a theory somewhere that sometimes the bones break first, then the fall occurs.. LisaM Jan 2019 #15
Sometimes that would be true, but not always. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #24
Yikes. LisaM Jan 2019 #25
She didn't fall very far, but some kind of damage was done. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #26
Hospice is wonderful... handmade34 Jan 2019 #12
I will surely second that. My MIL died in August and hospice rurallib Jan 2019 #14
You are correct. Dying is not easy. MontanaMama Jan 2019 #13
This is tough.. HipChick Jan 2019 #17
Good grief. I hear you. MontanaMama Jan 2019 #20
It's hard. Harker Jan 2019 #16
Ain't easy for your Dad Miigwech Jan 2019 #18
Sending good vibes your way. volstork Jan 2019 #19
I met Chuck Percy through my Grandpa he was a redstatebluegirl Jan 2019 #27
"Who is the president?" Blue Owl Jan 2019 #28
It's a tremendously difficult event. EarthFirst Jan 2019 #29
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