Aunt Betty - 87 yrs old on December 31, 2009

Yesterday, after the rain stopped and the sun was peaking through a cloud Aunt Betty (Jerry's mother's youngest sister) went outside to bring her trash can (on wheels) up from the street. Aunt Betty slipped and fell on the ground and fractured her knee cap. She obviously couldn't get up and was laying there on the side of the street. She tried to get help, but no one could hear her. She laid there waving at the few cars that drove by and no one stopped for her. Maybe they thought she was waving "Hello". Finally, someone stopped and to help her out. The person that stopped went across the street to get another neighbor (and friend) and the two of them helped Aunt Betty into her car. Her friend, across the street, drove her to the Kaiser ER (close by us). Aunt Betty called me before leaving the ER to ask me if I would be able to stay the night with her and help her overnight. We were all at Aunt Betty's last night getting her settled in with the brace on her leg. I heated up some dinner for her. After she ate she started feeling weak. She was clam'ee and nauseous and started to throw up. Since she hadn't urinated during the 5 hours in the ER she couldn't hold it. The urine got all over her clothes, cloth chair and on the floor. I called her friend (across the street) to come over and help me cleaned her up, clean up the floor and finally get her into bed for the night. Once Aunt Betty was in bed she started feeling better. She got through the night okay, but about 2:00am she needed to urinate again. I got her on the porta potty and she went, and went, and went... must have been holding it for a long time. After that she took some Tylenol and I heard her snoring so she got some sleep. This morning, at first, she was doing pretty good. We were able to wheel her into the bathroom so she could urinate again, she washed up a little and got ready for her 9:45am orthopedic appointment today. Before she was done she started feeling weak and faint'ee so I got her back into bed. She wanted a coke a cola to get her sugar level up. I fixed her some toast, as well. She recovered a little, but never felt too good. Her son, Dana arrived around 9:30am to drive her to the appointment. They need to put a pin(s) in her separated knee cap. Dana will be contacting me later to fill me on on what's next.

Please continue to keep her in your prayers, she's had this blood pressure issue for awhile and she tends to have fainting spells. I am very concerned for her right now.