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OH has fractured femur - not a good situation

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Luckygirl Tue 26-Mar-19 10:35:34

As many of you will know, OH has had PD for many years and is very frail. He only weighs 6.5 stone. Sadly he fell yesterday and has a displaced fracture of his femur. He is not a good candidate for surgery - but there is no choice.

It is a worry that the ward do not have the air mattress that he needs and that he has at home - we had just got on top of the skin problem. He was on a trolley for 12 hours yesterday which will not have helped.

I am waiting to hear when the op will be.

Susan56 Fri 29-Mar-19 07:10:34

Lucky thinking of you both?

kittylester Fri 29-Mar-19 06:55:03

Morning lucky. How are you this morning? How has DH been overnight? ((((Hugs))))

Ginny42 Fri 29-Mar-19 01:32:51

The staff will be working hard for him, so you try to rest. Hugs.

grannyactivist Fri 29-Mar-19 01:23:12

Lucky (((hugs)))

harrigran Thu 28-Mar-19 23:54:56

My thoughts are with you Lucky as I go off to bed. Rest as best you can.

cornergran Thu 28-Mar-19 22:38:30

Thinking of you, your husband and family tonight lucky, there have been some emotional conversations today and a long night ahead. Trust in the care he is being given and please rest as you feel able. Love to you all.

Bathsheba Thu 28-Mar-19 22:32:25

Oh Luckygirl I'm so sorry to hear what you and your poor DH are going through, such a difficult and worrying time for you flowers

jusnoneed Thu 28-Mar-19 22:15:33

Thinking of you, such a difficult time for everyone.

ffinnochio Thu 28-Mar-19 22:14:44

Luckygirl Thinking of you both. flowers

grannyqueenie Thu 28-Mar-19 22:14:17

Thinking of you luckygirl as you go into this long hard night. I’m glad you were able to have those bits of conversation, hard as that must have been for you both. flowers

Grandmashe43 Thu 28-Mar-19 22:13:01

sending Loving and caring thoughts to you all xx

jura2 Thu 28-Mar-19 22:07:16

Oh how hard is all this for you, for you all- I just cannot find the words. Hugs <3

MawBroon Thu 28-Mar-19 22:02:41

Hold fast* Luckygirl* it may be a long dark night but keep faith in the expertise of those treating him and in the love you have for each other ?

merlotgran Thu 28-Mar-19 22:01:19

Thank you for updating us Luckygirl. I don't suppose you will rest much tonight and hope you have some reassuring news in the morning.

Such a stressful time for you and your family. Please take care of yourself.

dragonfly46 Thu 28-Mar-19 21:55:32

All our thoughts are with you Lucky flowers

aggie Thu 28-Mar-19 21:47:29

Oh Lucky I hope things are a bit better in the morning , so hard to watch such a frail person going through this

muffinthemoo Thu 28-Mar-19 21:44:16

Lucky I have nothing I can say to comfort you in this dark time, but you and yours are in my thoughts. flowers

Jane10 Thu 28-Mar-19 21:42:52

A long night ahead of you Luckygirl. Try to get what rest you can. I assume your daughters are with you or at least nearby. thanks

Luckygirl Thu 28-Mar-19 21:39:19

Long day during which he had his surgery. He deteriorated very suddenly about 4 pm - very low BP, high temp, oxygen levels haywire etc. etc. etc. - but the staff were on to it very quickly indeed . OH was in charge of the choices for treatment - he has signed a DNR declaration - but he chose for the infections to be treated. I have been having to get his meds down and ice cream etc. - but they have now put in a naso-gastric tube so that he can have all his meds without all the hassle of trying to swallow, which he has problems with at the best of times.

He feels that he may not survive all this and has talked about his funeral and the fact that he wants me to be the last person he sees; the sister on the ward is going to ring me straight away if there is a further sudden deterioration. So we just wait and see.

jura2 Thu 28-Mar-19 19:17:12

Been thinking about you all as went to visit my brother.
Anno is so right, let others support you as much as possible.

Love and hugs, x jura

Bellanonna Thu 28-Mar-19 18:02:26

Lots of hugs Luckygirl

Scribbles Thu 28-Mar-19 17:51:43

Sending the best of best wishes to you and OH, Lucky. ??

dragonfly46 Thu 28-Mar-19 14:34:02

Lucky I know how you feel. I question myself all the time about did I do enough for my dad and am I doing enough for my mum. I don’t think we ever will feel we do enough. We can only do our best which I am sure you are doing that. Just try and get some rest. I hope the operation goes well.

cornergran Thu 28-Mar-19 13:55:58

Love to you and your husband lucky, please don’t pressurise yourself to be any particular way, just be as you are. Hope the surgery outcome is as good as it can be.

merlotgran Thu 28-Mar-19 12:59:32

Thinking of you, Luckygirl Hope all goes well with your OH's op.