After 3 weeks and 2 days in hospital, my mother can go home. Today! Due to the wrist and pelvic fractures, she has been allocated a 12-week care package including two nurse visits per day, gardening and cleaning, meal help, physiotherapy and rides to shops or elsewhere. I’m amazed at such a great package and it is relatively inexpensive.
In a couple of hours she’ll be home and I’m going over to stay for the first night. I’m going to cook something great while she catches up on her emails!
This has been gruelling for Meggles – horrible pain, intolerance of pain meds., nausea and dizziness, a zillion tests and x-rays, but she seemed to burst through the ghastliness a couple of days ago in her usual style – stoic, resilent, smiling.
She is still on two crutches but she’ll probably just be on one next week. My mother has guts!
jmgoyder 
I’m glad, that she is getting better, and good enough to go home….:)
Me too!
So glad she’s going to be okay. She’s got to be one tough cookie.
Yes!
Sending healing vibrations for your mom’s complete & speedy recovery! Love & Light 🙂
Thank you Lisa!
Best wishes & healing vibrations for your mom’s speedy & complete recovery! Love & Light 🙂
She’s a Scorpio too!
wonderful care package Julie ! and great that she’s able to go home now 🙂
The care package is incredible!
of course now we all know where you got your tenacity! hope she heals well and soon:)
It’s gonna take awhile.
Good wishes to Mum for her speedy recovery… hope the bike has made a disappearing act…
It has!
That’s great news, especilly for the extra help at home during the recovery. You must feel quite relieved.
Thanks – it’s a great relief.
Yay, {{{hugs}}} all around. Your mum is setting an example for you, Julie. We are all stronger than we or anyone else thinks. {{{hugs]}} kozo
For sure!
so glad meg is coming home and i hope you smashed that bicycle.
It’s in the shed.
Julie, your mum sounds amazing. How old is she???
78!
Is your mother Gutsy1, perhaps?
Good name – yes!
Wonderful news, Julie! Wishing your mother a speedy recovery!
Thank you very much!
Welcome home! I add my hopes and wishes for her to continue to heal and recover fully!!!
What a great person you are!
I don’t know about “great”. But I will agree with “good”. 🙂
That’s great news!
Yes!
So that’s where you get it from!
She’s stronger than I will ever be.
Glad to hear your Mum is able to go home at last – (that care package sounds wonderful).
Hope she can get back to cycling one day. At her age, being able to do physical exercise you love is important to Mind, Body and Spirit. I’m sure she will relinquish the bike when ‘it’s time.’
You could be right.
That is good news and that is a great package of help for her…. Diane
I didn’t even know such care packages existed!
Hooray! One tough cookie you got there! Now I know where you get it from. 🙂
Oh thanks!
I’m so happy your mother is healing and doing better, bit by bit. Saying prayers for a full and speedy recovery.
Thanks so much, my friend.
That is wonderful news!! I’m so happy for you and your mother. An extended stay in any hospital can drive anyone bonkers and send them into the doldrums. I am not surprised that your mother is resilient, brave and strong. Your traits came from somewhere!:) Enjoy making her a yummy meal! Hugs to you and your mommy.:)
Thanks Laurie.
Good news.
Thanks, Tom.
Praying for your Mother’s complete recovery.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Thanks for your prayers.
Good she’s getting better. Having had my own share of broken bones myself I can imagine how much pain she is in. At least she is getting better and the pain will diminish every day until it goes.
I was given Diclofenac and Co-codamol but found they made me feel terrible so I stopped taking them and put up with the pain. Funnily enough I got used to the pain.
Thanks so much for this encouraging comment, Jane.
Every good wish to your brave mom. She’s been through a lot. Hope she continues to recover well, Juiie.
Thanks and so do I.
she is an inspiration to me.i wish her well and wellness.
To me too – thank you!
Yeah!!!!! She is finally released and even smiling!!!!
Yes!!!
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What a beautiful person you are – thank you, Tersia.
You are simply a wonderful daughter and I imagine you are smiling and resiliant just like your mother! 🙂
Oh thank you, Judy!
Your mum sounds wonderful. It makes me smile, reading of your relationship. It’s lovely.
And yes – she’s tough! 🙂
She’s amazing.
Good news, Julie! Give her a hug from her new friend across the big pond. 🙂
Thanks Paulette!
Gutsy seems to be in the water over there. Maybe you could bottle it and sell it. There is a world wide shortage. Hope Mother’s recovery continues to be speedy!