Well, the doctor recommended surgery, and also discussed another option to put a cast on and let it heal, as it is not too terribly displaced, and then try some physical therapy beginning in a couple of weeks, just gentle stuff to help with her range of motion. Mom of course chose the non-surgery option. I don't blame her really. At 78, who wants to have surgery? Plus you can't smoke in those damn hospitals any more! When I was filling out the paperwork for Mom it shocked me to write in her health history that she has been smoking for about 70 years. What the hell? Anyway, the Doc said he could get her better range of motion if she had surgery, but mom isn't worried about it. Then the doctor said that if she didn't like the way it heals they could look at at elbow replacement, and that the recuperation from elbow replacement would be easier than recuperating after the surgery from this break. Wow. Clearly he does not know my mother. Mom got a new cast on today that will hopefully be more comfortable and we go back in a week. And we both really like that doctor, so that is a good thing.
The other patients (feline) . . .
Finn is on antibiotics for an abscess.
Midge is on ointment for a wonky eye.
They are avoiding me like the plague.
Kay the Nurse
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