Father's Day - the never ending story
Ok, my dad, who is really quite a mess sometimes, was working on his fifth wheel camper on Father's Day trying to get it ready for a 2 week camping trip. My sister was telling him - in her daughterly fashion 'don't do it that way, do it this way' - and in the end, she was right - because in doing what he was doing (balancing his large behind on the top of a precarious step to reach an awning) he fell, into my poor mother - causing several bruises to her chest area, and shattered his left leg.
Now, this man has already had both his knees replaced, is diabetic, and has a heart condition - so you'd THINK he'd be careful. But no, hard headedness must win out in the end, so he wound up on the ground. My mother and sister couldn't lift his clumsy behind, so they called an ambulance to come the 2 whole miles to their house and take him to the hospital where they confirmed - yes, it's broken.
But because not only was it broken but shattered just above that very expensive knee replacement, he couldn't balance his previously described large butt on crutches, so got to stay in the hospital until they could do surgery. Which, for our podunk hospital, apparently takes a while - today in fact - Friday - almost a week later.
A friend of mine said they probably had to order the parts from Napa. *eyeroll* You know Advanced Auto can overnight those suckers. But then, they'd probably be for the wrong model.
Anyway - so today my dad went in first thing this morning to have his reconstructive surgery. I'm hoping he doesn't come out with a Cindy Crawford-esque left leg, but who knows. It can only be an improvement over those wobbly scarred clumsy things he has now.
My mom called my sister - the one who is so happy she was right that she's ignoring the fact that the man is in pain - to tell her that he came through surgery ok. So my sister called me to relay the news and let me know, again, that she was right. It fell to me to then call some of his relatives to let them know. But heck, I don't know all their phone numbers and one brother hasn't been home in over a week from camping on the river so....
Lord this is a Southern family. Anyway, Father's Day here is still ongoing cause Father is still in the hospital from his Fathers Day Fiasco :) You can send him a get well soon card here: http://www.kcmc.org/cards/ - his name is Frank Tidwell.
Now, this man has already had both his knees replaced, is diabetic, and has a heart condition - so you'd THINK he'd be careful. But no, hard headedness must win out in the end, so he wound up on the ground. My mother and sister couldn't lift his clumsy behind, so they called an ambulance to come the 2 whole miles to their house and take him to the hospital where they confirmed - yes, it's broken.
But because not only was it broken but shattered just above that very expensive knee replacement, he couldn't balance his previously described large butt on crutches, so got to stay in the hospital until they could do surgery. Which, for our podunk hospital, apparently takes a while - today in fact - Friday - almost a week later.
A friend of mine said they probably had to order the parts from Napa. *eyeroll* You know Advanced Auto can overnight those suckers. But then, they'd probably be for the wrong model.
Anyway - so today my dad went in first thing this morning to have his reconstructive surgery. I'm hoping he doesn't come out with a Cindy Crawford-esque left leg, but who knows. It can only be an improvement over those wobbly scarred clumsy things he has now.
My mom called my sister - the one who is so happy she was right that she's ignoring the fact that the man is in pain - to tell her that he came through surgery ok. So my sister called me to relay the news and let me know, again, that she was right. It fell to me to then call some of his relatives to let them know. But heck, I don't know all their phone numbers and one brother hasn't been home in over a week from camping on the river so....
Lord this is a Southern family. Anyway, Father's Day here is still ongoing cause Father is still in the hospital from his Fathers Day Fiasco :) You can send him a get well soon card here: http://www.kcmc.org/cards/ - his name is Frank Tidwell.
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