Alice's Story

as told by her daughter, Nancy

I am so thrilled and happy that my mom has been selected for the November “share a card” feature!  She will be so happy to get the cards!  She has endured so much lately.  She has had quite a rough time of things since the end of August.  She nearly died in the nursing home, was resuscitated, and sent to the hospital, and then stabilized enough to have her total hip replacement.  That was done 9/12/08 and then it was discovered that she had the MRSA infection in her blood and it infected her heart valves.  She needed intensive antibiotic therapy and was finally moved to a new nursing home for rehabilitation for her new hip.  She has been there less than a week and they are so impressed by how well she is doing!  I’m telling you, this woman has endurance! 

She is also legally blind and close to 90 years old. She has mild dementia and needs reminders of the date, place and other common facts.  Her long term memory is excellent, however!  

 She would love to hear loving thoughts and well-wishes from kind strangers all over the world, and again, thank you so much for selecting her for November!!