# Good thoughts for my grandmother please? \[Sad update--RIP\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684 "2012-11-11T16:01:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/1 "2012-11-11T16:01:15Z")
I just got a phone call a little bit ago, from my sister, who let me know our grandmother is going to the hospital. She’s got a bad pain in her leg we are told, and it needs to be looked at. So she’s being transported, with all due care, from the nursing home to the hospital. My mother and my aunt, (two of her daughters), will be joining her shortly. It’s not a crisis in the sense of, say, heart pains or trouble breathing but Grandma is 107 years old and any pain is grave cause for concern. You never know what kind of upset can be the last one. So if you would, can you please send good thoughts, vibes, or prayers for my grandmother? I want only that she be happy, she’s the most wonderful grandmother a person ever had. Except for other people’s wonderful grandmas of course!😉 ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/2 "2012-11-11T16:07:45Z")
Holy cow, 107 years old? Go, Granny! Sending you some happy and healthy thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/3 "2012-11-11T16:15:55Z")
Well, she’s obviously got a strong constitution, as they used to say! Good vibes and healing headed her way. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/4 "2012-11-11T16:34:01Z")
Wow, her age is amazing! And I bet she’s not done fighting yet 🙂 Good thoughts/vibes multiple appendages crossed for Granny. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/5 "2012-11-11T16:44:31Z")
Good thoughts headed Granny’s way! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/6 "2012-11-11T16:45:38Z")
Amazing to have someone you can talk to at 107. She’ll be in my thoughts, **Baker**. Hopefully she just strained her knee a bit doing squats, and will be back to normal in no time. 🙂 -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/7 "2012-11-11T16:58:33Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Amazing to have someone you can talk to at 107. She’ll be in my thoughts, **Baker**. Hopefully she just strained her knee a bit doing squats, and will be back to normal in no time. 🙂 > > -D/a 😛 I liked this one, it made me laugh, and I need that, what with the worry. Grandma is closer to 108 actually, her birthday is December 17th. She was born one year to the day after the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/8 "2012-11-11T17:07:50Z")
What a strong lady. I’ll send good healing thoughts! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/9 "2012-11-11T18:57:27Z")
Since you’re my twin, she’s kinda my grandma too, right? Sending good vibes her – and your – way. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/10 "2012-11-11T19:09:01Z")
I just got a call from my father, who said Grandma is headed back to the nursing home. X-rays at the hospital found a stress fracture in the leg. She has a splint on now. I don’t know how healing progresses at that age, but I’ll be praying for it. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/11 "2012-11-11T19:28:23Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 😛 > > I liked this one, it made me laugh, and I need that, what with the worry. Grandma is closer to 108 actually, her birthday is December 17th. She was born one year to the day after the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk. Then my job here is done. 🙂 > [@Baker](#): > > I just got a call from my father, who said Grandma is headed back to the nursing home. X-rays at the hospital found a stress fracture in the leg. She has a splint on now. I don’t know how healing progresses at that age, but I’ll be praying for it. Great news. Do you know if it’s displaced or non-displaced? I had a non-displaced stress fracture when I was..well, much, much younger than your grandmother is. Pretty easy recover at that point. I hope hers is too. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/12 "2012-11-11T19:31:54Z")
She must have some really interesting stories! My prayers are on the way for a fast recovery so she can get back to her line dance classes. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/13 "2012-11-11T19:34:16Z")
Prayers for a fast recovery headed out **Baker**. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/14 "2012-11-11T19:35:48Z")
Wow! I was reading your OP, and thinking, “OK, she hurt her leg. Um, I hope she’s OK?” And then, 107! I exclaimed “Oh dear!” out loud! Wow, I hope everything is smooth sailing! ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/15 "2012-11-11T20:05:17Z")
Thinking of you and your grandmother, **Baker**. I hope she heals quickly! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/16 "2012-11-11T21:05:02Z")
Well, the word is now that there are “greenstick” fractures in both bones of her lower left leg, just below the knee. The cast is both above and below the knee but has a “cutout” that leaves the kneecap exposed. Thanks for all the prayers and good wishes. Grandma is on pain meds and a little woozy right now, I’m told, so I’ll wait a couple of days to see her. Hopefully she’ll heal up well. This is a woman who had a mastectomy at the age of ninety-one, and is still here to tell about it. Good genes, I hope I’ve inherited them. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/17 "2012-11-11T21:10:25Z")
Your grandma is about three weeks older than my dad would be. I’ll be sending healing thoughts and prayers. Can you get her to cut out her soccer practice for a while, so the leg can heal? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/18 "2012-11-11T23:40:11Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Well, the word is now that there are “greenstick” fractures in both bones of her lower left leg, just below the knee. The cast is both above and below the knee but has a “cutout” that leaves the kneecap exposed. > > Thanks for all the prayers and good wishes. Grandma is on pain meds and a little woozy right now, I’m told, so I’ll wait a couple of days to see her. > > Hopefully she’ll heal up well. This is a woman who had a mastectomy at the age of ninety-one, and is still here to tell about it. Good genes, I hope I’ve inherited them. See her now. And ask her all the things about your family you never asked before. Trust me on this. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/19 "2012-11-12T00:19:35Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > See her now. > > And ask her all the things about your family you never asked before. > > Trust me on this. Don’t worry about the stories, we’ve done that. The family is very close knit. I’m her oldest grandchild, she knows all my ups and downs and I know many of hers. I have three CD’s of interviews I did with her years ago. I’d give my life for her if it would help her be happy. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thoughts-for-my-grandmother-please-sad-update-rip/640684/20 "2012-11-12T00:24:32Z")
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