The Mom Report

[susandennis]

And, gratefully, this is the final one for this chapter... Of course, the next chapter could be this afternoon so don't go changing the channel. My brother just sent a round up note as he walked out the door to go home with Trey.

Bottom line appears to be that she's about 90% back to where she was before the whole blood clot thing. And, apparently, the 10% missing is not attitude.

He says she is going to drive herself where she needs to go, thank you very much. She will not be wearing the emergency button bracelet that they all have to summon help if needed. (Apparently, it 'ruins the look' and is not needed.) And she'll be much better at driving that scooter as soon as he quits telling her how to do it.

So... as she scooted off down the hall to her brunch date, he and Trey headed home. There's only so much you can do with kids moms these days....

Comments

[ruralrob.livejournal.com]

Bottom line appears to be that she's about 90% back to where she was before the whole blood clot thing. And, apparently, the 10% missing is not attitude.

That's a funny line. (You should do stand-up.)

But is is strange, isnt it that, when older people lose their faculties, they don't lose their ability to be a little difficult. In fact this ability tends to grow rather than diminish, doesn't it . . .

[susandennis]

You are so right. My mother's mother was the sweetest, nicest woman in the entire universe until she hit about 85. She was still mostly sweet but she started finally sticking up for herself and bitching til she got what she wanted. We were all kind of proud.

[geordie.livejournal.com]

So was it a DVT? I have been absent a lot, I drive 50 miles to work in the hell of 100F San Jose and didn't see what happened. Anyway, other than taking Warfarin (identical to Coumadin but cheap) for the rest of my life there are no after effects, it's been two years now. I hope your mother recovers well, they told me it would be six months until the clot was completely gone but that I was now safe (yeah right). Of course we all have the same ultimate fate.

[susandennis]

Wow! A blast from the past!! Hi! I don't know if it was DVT, actually. She's been on Coumadin for about 10 years and now she's on more. I think she could now bleed to death from a pin prick in about 20 seconds but she says she feels fine and all is as well as you can expect at 81 with a crappy heart, shitty lungs and blood that just doesn't want to flow.

I don't think she's quite ready for that ultimate fate yet.

But, good to hear from you!

[geordie.livejournal.com]

My dad is 70 and a bit that way. He had a fairly large heart attack 4 days after he retired, which is quite common. About 1/3 of his heart still works, after I had the DVT they tested him and found the same two genetic flaws in his factor 5, which could explain why his father died at 50. Anyway, that was 1997, he'll be 71 on September 23rd. Frightening to think of losing parents.

On another topic, I envy your weather. I love rain and there hasn't been anything significant here since about May. When I left work on Friday it was 100F in San Jose.

finally a fellow lj'r who knows what Warfarin is

[pinkrose70.livejournal.com]

Hi Geordie,

I'm one of those DVT'ers whose been on Coumadin for almost a year now.
I was told 6 months too. I don't even know if the clot is gone. Have you had another Vascular study to find out?

Mine was in my leg....and it's certainly not back to normal.

[pinkrose70.livejournal.com]

Sounds like your Mom is feeling much better!