Posted 19 April 2015 - 08:37 AM
Mum is going in for hip replacement surgery tomorrow. She held off telling me about until it was too late for me to get leave to be there with her. "Didn't want to be a burden" or some crap. Doesn't want me visiting her in hospital during the first week of convalescence either because she's afraid she'll be whacked out of her brain on painkillers and "doesn't want me to see her like that".
Luckily after being discharged she is staying for the next few weeks with her sister who lives virtually around the corner from the hospital.
I know this sort of shit is routine these days, and by all accounts the hospital and her doctor are well-regarded, but she's 72 and she's my Mum and I'm worried.
Also, work is being a complete turd these days.
This post has been edited by Sombra: 19 April 2015 - 08:38 AM
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