My Mum

Everybody believes that there Mum is the best in the world and that's normal to think. But my Mum needed a hip operation some time ago late last year. It all started a couple of weeks after the first operation when it all went wrong . Mum got an infection in the new hip joint and the new hip  had to be taken out. So after being rushed back into hospital she had a new replacement hip fitted ok lets hope that this is it and she is now on the road to recovery . Again a little while later infection hit again. The surgeon decided to fit what's called a Spacer, this is like a new hip but it's only a temporarily answer. What the surgeon wants is for her  hip to recover and be infection free  and then new will fit a new hip joint.

It's now about eight weeks since the Spacer was fitted, during that time Mum was almost bed bound but she kept very cheerful. During the last few weeks Mum was rushed to hospital and it was found that the Spacer had broken. Being so far from home and although being told what was happening i expected that the hospital would move forward the date for the hip to be replaced. How wrong i was Mum was sent home and given a date when she would have her new hip. Each weeks she was monitored and a date was set for the operation.

During this time Mum kept cheerful at all times, but i am sure that after all that has happened she must be facing her new hip operation with a little concern. Today Mum went to hospital again for her operation that hopefully will be the last and she can then look forward to a brighter future. Hopefully she can then get back out in her garden that she loves so much.

This will be four hip operations that she has had to have and is more that any person should have to endure. I can only admire her courage despite the pain that she has been in constantly since the fitting of the Spacer.

Today my Mum went back to hospital to have her fourth operation to have her hip replaced and she should then be on the road to a full recovery.

Mum has been lucky in that she has had her daughters Jackie her almost full time carer along with Sue who travels up from Portsmouth as well as having her own children and grandchildren to see and help with. Diane who is also a trained nurse comes over from  Yorkshire and son Tim. Tim has since this started only had four Sundays where he has had been at his own home, finishing work on a Friday and coming over to be with Mum and returning home on a Sunday night. It would be wrong of me not to mention Jackie's children David and Laura who spend so much of there time doing so much for there Nan and there Dad Ray. Ray like the others does so much, recently making a door wider for a wheel chair to go through into the bathroom. Ray did a great job for my Mum. Then there only leaves me, i may not have the skills to be of any real help but i was here to see Mum off for her first operation and i have seen Mum off this morning for her hopefully her last operation.

Mum has shown so much courage during all that's happened and i can't imagine just what she has had to endure. To say i am so proud of her doesn't say enough she is a Mum in a million.

Love you Mum