Still in the Hospital

Mom has thought that she was coming home the last two days. She is still at the hospital and it looks like she will really becoming home today. The hold up had to do with changes in her medication. Her primary care doctor didn't come in until yesterday and all the other doctors were hesitant to prescribe a oral pain killer because of the other medicine she takes. Her and her doctor have been trying to find a combination of medicine that makes the pain bearable.

Why Neina?

When reading this Blog some of you might wonder where the nick name Neina comes from. Here's the story:
My mother is named Nita after her maternal grandmother O'Nita Lewis VanNoy. My mother's grandmother was called Nein (pronounced knee-n) or Neinie (pronounced knee-knee) by her grandchildren and great grandchildren. My mothers plan was to be called Nein by her grandchildren also. For some reason it was hard for us to call her Nein since we all associated this with our great grandma so it morphed into Neina. Usually grandma Neina and often just grandma. She is still pulling for Nein though.

In the Hospital

My mom fell down and fractured and or broke both knee caps. I will try to up date her information here. She is currently at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital (room 302) if anyone would like to send her some support. She is able to move around some with a walker and a person to help her. She should be coming home from the hospital today. At first we thought that she would need to go into an assisted living facility, but they think that she is doing well enough that she can come to my house. She will need to be in bed for at least three weeks, take it easy for three weeks, do therapy for an additional three weeks. It will be 12 to 15 weeks until she is able to move around independently and drive. I will keep everyone up to date on her progress here. I will give more info later. This is the most recent picture I have of my mom.

She is standing with my Dad's sisters Lori, Terri and my Uncle Rick.