Update on Mickey

Mickey had successful hip surgery last Tuesday and had three days in an excellent hospital with fine care. We had previously visited nursing facilities for a week-long rehabilitation and she ended up going to Scarlet Oaks (where your grandad ended his days). However, the place had really deteriorated and after getting her settled in on Friday, she had a horrible night (won't go into the details) and I pulled her out on Saturday (with a lot of help from many dear friends) and she has been in my new front guest bedroom since then. She will need 24 hr. care until at least this coming Friday when we hope she will have made sufficient progress in mobility to be on her own - renting a hospital bed etc., since she has a loft futon bed!

It has been a real ordeal for her (me too!) because she needed help moving out of bed/middle of the night etc. We communicated by cell phone across the house! However, we have had visiting nurses, physical therapists - who will continue for some time -and yesterday visits/flowers from the monastery, various well-meaning friends and even a Reiki treatment this afternoon. I juggled clients in and out today while removing the high toilet seat in my waiting area bathroom for clients. However, all is well and the physical therapist really helped today so she can get out of bed onto the walker by herself now - hurrah!

Despite all this, she is healing as expected and I assure her she will be skipping down the street in a couple of months without pain - maybe no pirouettes for awhile. She sends her love - as do I. We are thrilled to view the pictures of sweet Phoebe. I did have to cancel my flight to LA this Friday - I'll get out there later this year when things, hopefully, settle down. I know she would love to hear from family.

Love, Momma/Mom/Barbara