David Broke His Hip

David fell Tuesday morning at 1:00 a.m. and broke his hip. He was getting out of bed. He was taken to Presybeterian Hospital for X-rays, at which time they realized he had actually broken it. They did surgery at about 3:30. The surgery went very well. The doctors said he was going to stay there about a week and then go into rehab. They said they would get him up and walking the next day. As of this morning that had not happened, however. Some of this is probably because of his poor balance. They did put him on the side of the bed to sit up. He is comfortable and does not appear to be in pain at all. In the past he did not react well to opiates. This time he's doing OK with it. He is in la la land, but it's a happy place for him this time. He can recognize people on TV and joke with the nurses. This was a clean break and they put pins in. No hip replacement.

The goal now is to do a few things to prevent future falls at his assisted living house. We're are going to get him a hospital bed with rails and an alarm so that when he sits up to start standing at night, someone will come in his bedroom and assist him.

Hopefully this will be a pretty easy recovery, but as we know, the longer he lays in bed without walking, the longer it will take to become mobile. They told him he could put as much weight on it as he wanted.

Here's his contact info:

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
8200 Walnut Hill Lane
Dallas, TX 75231
214-345-6789 Room 446.

He can't reach the phone. You will need to ask for the nurse's station and get them to help him with the phone. He brings up the family all the time.