On Friday, May 19, Janie fell again and broke her wrist. We were taking a granddaughter for ice cream at Dairy Queen and she fell in the parking lot. We didn’t even make it in for the ice cream!

It’s frustrating for both of us! She has been improving since she was non-weight bearing for 3 months after she broke her leg in September. It has taken a long time to regain her strength and stamina, but she has been working on it. I think she was still a little unsteady, having switched from a walker back to a cane, and just hit an uneven spot on a walkway. She lost her balance and fell backwards. When she falls, she breaks. The good news is that she did not break any lower extremities and she broke her left wrist (she’s right-handed).

Two of the doctors she saw described the break in layman’s terms as “You really did a number on your wrist!” She broke it in 4 places, including a small bone in the hand that apparently can be hard to heal without surgery. Even with that, she will be in a cast for up to 3 months. (She may get a removable cast part way into that time.)

Jess will be here visiting for the next week, so I expect that he’ll help make the hardest period easier. Of course, Leslie is a great help, too. She already came up last Friday to help out. We appreciate your good thoughts and prayers if you are so inclined, and we’ll keep you posted on her progress.

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