Pop’s Milestone

On November 5th of last year, my stepfather went into the kitchen for a snack.  Unfortunately that snack attack wasn’t without a price….while in the kitchen he lost his balance, fell and fractured his hip.  He was taken to the hospital but the fix wasn’t as simple as one would think.  Pop was diagnosed with emphysema several years and he had been getting progressively worse this last year….surgery to replace the hip was out of the question, there was no way he would survive being put under.  It was fortunate they were able to repair  the fracture however the trauma of the fall, being hospitalized and staying in rehab a short while afterward took its toll on his overall health.

He has been home for some time now…shortly after Thanksgiving…but is unable to get around like he once did.  My mother has been caring for him….day and night.  It has been hard on both of them these past few months but they are working through the hard patches, a little bit at a time.  Tonight I was happy to witness a milestone for Pop….the first time he has been able to sit at the dinner table with her since his accident.  It took a bit of doing to get him there….but once he was in his familiar place at the table, he was happy to be there.