Journal Liora's Journal: On my mom 1
As some of you are aware, my mother has been having health problems her whole life; the most recent set of disasters beginning with a fall that shattered her kneecap, resulting in a botched prosthetic knee surgery, which resulted in another fall that left five broken leg bones. She has been completely unable to bear any weight for two years.
Well, now she has gotten surgery and has a new right femur and knee, which hooked nicely onto her already prosthetic hip, and she can be rightly called The Bionic Woman, given that her left knee and hip are also prosthetics. The physical therapy folks at the hospital she is in have been in to stand her up twice a day since the operation last Tuesday. This is a big deal given that she had not been able to stand for the previous two years.
So I'm happy for my mom. She may finally be able to walk again in a few months. The problem is that because of Medicare (nobody with health problems like hers can get real health insurance) and some random rules and regulations, if she can't walk and isn't totally rehabilitated in just 47 days, she's not going to be able to come to my wedding. That is a big deal to me. If she can't come, I understand, but her presence there is really important in my head, although there's not much I can do to change things. I need a miracle. Prior to the surgery she had been in a nursing home b/c she chose to move in with my great aunt, six hours away from me by car three years ago, and that aunt can't take care of her due to health problems of her own. Her doctor doesn't think she's even rehabilitation material yet, so he's sending her back to the nursing home until she is a little more healed up. So they're not even starting the rehabilitation yet. Please pray for her.
Will do. (Score:2)