In recent years, my mother has hurt herself, sometimes gravely. There was the incident on the railroad tracks in downtown Brenham where she fractured her patella and spent 6 weeks in a full leg cast. Falling on the wet back deck and splitting her scalp, requiring stitches. Getting shingles just above her eye. (eyesight is a constant worry for her) Tripping and falling on one of the numerous chicken holes near the garden and breaking her arm. Hitting a deer with her truck, causing big damage. Getting an eye infection that threatened the sight in one eye recently.
And just a couple of days ago, failing to yield at a stop sign and getting t-boned, totaling her truck and bruising her ribs, among having other things like lost keys, shock, confusion, and possibly a bruised liver. Also, she has zero transportation now and all of us are many miles away.
Even Gus is worried.
She's already talking about getting another truck, but even if she were 100% sharp, we think her driving days may be coming to a close and some hard decisions need to be made. Because sometimes, insurance companies give side eye to 88 year olds with sight issues that have a totaled truck in an at-fault accident. And sometimes daughters have to come up with a better plan.
Gina
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