Grandma update.
After initial bloodwork and x-rays all we 100% know for sure is she has covid. They are thinking tail end of covid but covid none-the-less. She has been admitted. No broken bones thankfully. Her white blood cell count is elevated so they are doing iv antibiotics and fluids. They have to re-do her chest x-rays, potential pneumonia but they were not clear enough to determine it. She is in a isolation room and mom is coming home once all the orders are put in tonight. The er doctor told her nicely that she was staying until she regained her strength. Be that one day or 30. Mom told me she pulled him aside out of earshot. She asked him for at least 3 days and explained that her primary doctor told us she could not enter a nursing home or rehab facility until she had a mandatory 3 day hospital stay. He understands and is going to get in touch with her doctor first thing in the morning. I am here to tell you all, this was not a accidental fall. A accident would have been falling backwards. She literally let go of the railing and slung herself sideways. I do not know how I managed to grab her in time to break her fall. If I had not she would have hit her head and neck on the porch nest boxes. We tried to get her up, me, mom and dad. She is 300lbs and was not offering to help at all. Thought we could lift her right up. She was also very uncooperative with the emts. They had to call a 2nd ambulance to have them assist getting her up and onto a stretcher. God forgive me for thinking and feeling this, but I am praying this is it and she is finally admitted to a nursing home. I cannot even begin to express the feeling of relief just knowing that for tonight she is not coming home.


