Wednesday was such a good day for Nana. She was feeling better, had an appetite, and could taste her food.
However.... Laura and I were startled out of a deep sleep at 3am with Nana calling Laura's cell phone to say that she fell. We got downstairs to find Nana sitting next to her bed, and daubing the back of her hand with some sort of gauze. We got her on the edge of the bed easily enough, and were able to get a better look at her hand. She managed to whack something while she was on her way down, and cut the back of her hand pretty badly. Laura and Nana just left to go to the ER to get her hand checked out.
Edited to add:
Laura and Nana got home from the ER around 6am, so this was a quick trip. The doctor decided that since Nana's skin is so thin on her hands, he wouldn't be able to use sutures. So he used some skin tape to get things back together. Nana's poor hand is just one massive bruise. The doctor said that it will take a few weeks for her hand to heal.
Nana was on her way back to bed, and was within two steps of getting back in bed when she fell. The problem was that her legs became wobbly. She described it as she was staggering like a drunkard. Laura reminded her again that when she feels this way, either lean up against the wall or sit down for a few minutes to catch her breath. We might just have to locate another chair in Nana's hallway so she has a landing space between her bathroom and her bedroom.
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