Oh Fell. It Seems To Have Triggered Something.

[jourdain2]

It was not a big fall.  Yesterday, small dog stopped to sniff the low wall by the local pub and OH tripped over him, lost balance, banged his head on the last high bit of wall, lacerated his fingertips, hit his chest on low wall and then banged l. knee hard on pavement.

He's on blood-thinners.

I came home from writing group & shopping  (1.20 p.m.) to blood all over the front door, throughout the ground floor and especially in the kitchen where he'd tried to patch his fingers up.  OK, I cleared up. Then it came out that he'd forgotten about his appt. with the nurse to have a leg dressing changed at 11.20 a.m..  I sorted it out, got him there later on that day - but they are worried and muttering things like 'failing'.

Tbh. he is scarcely compos-mentis a lot of the time and doesn't seem to know what is going on. He's sleeping a lot (good) but hasn't a clue about day or time.

He's 91.  Is this a normal sort of reaction to a fall, please?

He does seem marginally better tonight.  It's rather alarming.

Thanks forany input.  I realise that I can't tell you all everything.

 

 

[jourdain2]

Hi all.  Just to keep you up to date - he is much more compos mentis, almost normal, and walking slowly with a limp.  Obviously not quite what he was last week, but big improvements...if slow.

[barry1010]

That's very good news 🙂

[andres]

Good  news. Keep us updated X

[jourdain2]

Thank you.  There's a bit of an issue in that he doesn't want me to go out - but I'm sure we'll sort that out.

[-SharonA-]

That is good to hear Jourdain. 

[jourdain2]

Thanks, Sharon. Better a thicker shadow of a chap than no shadow.  We have a base to build on.  But such a trivial tumble!  It just shows how age affects us.