My 89 year old mom on way to surgery

Good luck and prayers sent your way,,,, no matter how much she complains make sure and get her out of bed and walking around as much as possible!

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no matter how much she complains make sure and get her out of bed and walking around as much as possible!

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You meant be there when the therapist does it the first time to make sure you know how to best assist her especially if she has weight bearing limitations

My mother recently passed away in her 90s and her biggest fear was, rightfully so, falling.
Prayers for your mother

Done.

If she hasn’t gone in yet please ask the doc if it’s possible to fix it either ORIF or partial hip replacement (depending on fracture location) that will allow her to be weight bearing afterwards. This is the absolute biggest thing you can advocate for her right now.

I’m a PT in a hospital and it makes all the difference in the world when a surgeon does a quick fix and the elderly patient can’t put weight on it for 6 weeks vs are allowed to start putting weight/walking with assistance from the jump.

Good luck brother.

Thank you all. Will be a long day. I’ll give update later. God willing she’ll get thru this.

Have had several older family members have falls with nasty, life-altering injuries. Hate that older people are so susceptible to them and often with severe consequences.

Unfortunately it's the only way to fix it...

Same thing happened to my dad.

I hope she does well.

Prayers sent

Prayers sent.

God has her, brother.