Mom's Goose Egg

Hello everyone. . . it's the mid-way point of the week and today was definitely "hump" day for mom & dad! Mom has her cardiac rehab over at the Wellness Center every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am to 10am. And today dad's therapy was scheduled for 9:30, so we got dad up and in his chair early so mom could take off and I took dad to my office for about a half hour or so. He hadn't seen my associate Tara since his stroke and they had a nice visit. Then we headed to therapy - I can really tell Dad is trying to get better - he is always working on little exercises on the way there and leaning over and back to work on his flexibility before we get there. He said they really worked him hard today. . . his PT had him do his regular stuff, standing at the bars, and his OT really work with him hard too - he had 2 good sessions today he said. Right after we got there, I dropped him off and I decided to go see mom down the hall doing her therapy on my way out. I'm glad I did because to my big surprise, there she was on the treadmill - and what did she have on her eye, but a huge goose egg! She had slipped outside on the sidewalk on her way in and fell head first on her eye! She has a terrible lump above her eye and a few scratches on her face and head. She was surprisingly coherent and eager to do her therapy - she did almost all of it, just 2 miles short on her treadmill. They told us to have her ice it down every 2 hours. So she did. She wasn't feeling the best this evening - I think the day had caught up to her. . . but dad says she is fine when I called to check in. I am going to see her first thing in the morning to check again. I was worried how dad would react when he saw her. . .we decided it would be best not to tell him til I got him home from therapy. So when we finally brought it to his attention (her hair covers it pretty well). . . he had to laugh- whew! We kinda told it to him light heartedly, like "would you believe what mom did this morning - she was being clumsy like me.. . she slipped and fell and got herself a goose - egg". I was afraid he would cry if we were too serious or worried about it with him -I was afraid he'd feel guilty for not being able to help her. I am hoping and praying she heals quickly!