Thank you Yavannie, I also hope the best for your family in 2009

Marthe, I too am glad your mother is feeling better. Send her my regards and good wishes for a wonderful 2009. GinaP :cool:

Thanks Gina, I have given your regards and good wishes to my mother. But my mother is for the moment in hospital. Saturday we got a phone call from my mother's friend Diana that my mother did not open the door. Diana had looked through the window and she saw my mother lying on the floor. And Diana has no key from the house. We immediately took the car and drove to her place. I was very scared. When we arrived I opened the door and my mother called that she was all right and that she had felt through her knees. But I did call the doctor. Afther a while she felt again. So that was not normal. The doctor came and he decided that she had to go to the clinic. I thought she had a pneumonia but it was not that. After a medical examination, the doctors saw that she had an infection in the kidney, due to an inflammation of the bladder. So now she receives antibiotics through a drip. And she is already better. But it had given us a fright.

Oh Marthe - :hug to you. That must have been so scary. I'm so sorry to hear your Mother is ill and hope she gets better soon. I had something similar a few years ago. It felt miserable, but once the antibiotics started I felt much better quickly. I hope that your Mother does, too.

Hello Marthe, I'm so sorry about your mother. Hope she feels better very soon! I'm so glad she got the help she needed. Please give her big hugs and good wishes from all of us. :hug :hug :hug

I'm so glad your mother was not more seriously hurt, Marthe. With an elderly parent living alone, there is always this fear in the back of one's mind. My Dad lives over 100 miles away in his beloved Lake District (the city life would never be for him!) and although he is very fit and has wonderful neighbours, I find myself frequently checking that the relevant info is on hand, should someone have to break in. Here's to a speedy recovery for your Mum :hug

Thanks girls, I have given her your hugs and good wishes. She is a bit better. She still gets antibiotics but nog longer through a drip. The doctor also told us that her blood has been poisoned from that infection and that it was a serious matter. I asked him why she had not complained about the inflammation of the bladder. He said that these infections happen a lot to older people. My mother sits all day long, of course she does not go out in this cold weather. But she has to be moving, for her knees, her back, but also for her whole body. Older people have to move and drink enough, otherwise their intestines become idle. So that is the reason why my mother got sick. When she will be home again, we will have to be very severe, because now when we asked her if she moves enough, she always said she did. Sometimes she is a bit difficult, she does not want to be old. She does not want us to give her a talking, she is still a proud woman. But I understand all that. How will we be at her age ? This month she will be 79, but she is still is young from heart and she does not look her age. And I love her so much and I do not want to lose her. Christmas time was also a bit sad for her. Mu uncle was no longer there. She also missed my father. On January the third, it was three years ago that my father got thrombosis and that he went to the hospital and never came back. It is a coincidence that three years later on the same date, my mother is admitted to hospital. So I hope she will come home, she must. I have told her that we all need her. And that is the truth. For all of us, she is a big support. She is wise and we all have a lot of respect for her. And when I am a bit down, I always think how strong she is, even when she is alone. I must say that I have a mother of gold.

I'm glad to hear your mother is a bit better and hope she will be able to be back home soon. Sometimes she is a bit difficult, she does not want to be old. She does not want us to give her a talking, she is still a proud woman. But I understand all that. I can remember that my grandmother (my father's mother) became difficult to deal with when she began having serious health issues at 81. I think that the problem with her was not that she did not want to be old, but rather that she did not want to depend on other or have others worrying about whether she did things right or not.

Yes Frances you are right. I think some old people do not want to depend on other. How will I be ? Stevie, I should also be worried when my Mum would live so far away. Of course one must always think for the best and look on the bride sight. I hope your father stays fit and that he might live happily ever after in his beloved Lake District. Girls thanks for the :hug. I am happy to have such good friends with whom I can pour out my heart.

Marthe, I am sorry to hear this news about your mother and am glad she is responding to treatment. I hope she recovers fully and is home again, GinaP

Sending much love to you and your mother,Marthe. I know she is your best friend,as well as your mother----I can tell by the way you speak about her. My mom and I are the same way----it's a lovely way to feel. I'll be thinking about you both. :hug

Hi girls, my mother is home again. She left the hospital last week. The first days she was still a bit week, but now she is quite herself again. Of course she must take her medicine and try to do enough exercises on her bike at home, for her knees and her health in general. The problem is that older people can not be enough outside in winter.

Glad to hear she is doing better, Marthe.

Hi Marthe, I'm happy to hear that your mother is better now! Please tell her to be careful and do what the doctor says,okay? Love to you both, Ship

Thank you Gaff and Ship ! Ship I will read her your message. So she will be pleased :love: