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POOR GRAMMA! Not the email I wanted to get, but my aunt Kate wrote to her daughters and me together rather than calling us all. (This post is mostly an edited version of Kate's letter). Gramma's OK, fell over the rug after turning off the dining room light last night. Then pulled the phone cord out of the wall and tried for 1/2 hr. to get it back in, then remembered that she had her cell phone right there, so called 911--who couldn't get in because the door was locked. Gramma's niece who lives down the street was there but didn't have her key. Gramma dragged her way to the door so they could get her in the ambulance. SO: she broke her pelvis in two places (in the back). She's in the hospital and has a phone by her bed--I called her as soon as I got Kate's message and she sounded good. First thing she said was "I tried to call you yesterday because I wanted to talk about the last book group book and I thought you'd already had the meeting!" (She is a long-distance member of my book group here in Perth). She was worried that her family (kids, grandchildren) would all be mad, she would miss an important meeting about where her oldest great-grand is going to change school to, no one is around to babysit for her 3rd-youngest great-grand, and mainly she felt so stupid for having fallen. (over a rug. in the dark. At 90.) She is not in pain unless she moves, and she can sit up. They don't really do anything for this except wait for it to heal, the biggest risk at this point is probably being bedridden in the hospital.

Kate says "I think we're in for a very long haul."

Also, POOR GRAMMA!