She wasn't too thrilled with this but is accepting. My cousin, Diana (in picture with Aunt Julia) visits every day on her way home from work. Aunt Marie and Uncle Tom visit a couple times a week.
They had a meeting with the team that is taking care of Aunt Julia. She needs a total hip replacement on the hip that had surgery when she was a child. They need to do this before the surgery for the brain tumor.
However, there is concern that she would not be able to tolerate the pain after the surgery and the physical therapy that would be needed. Keep in mind that she is very childlike in her understanding of things. She doesn't grasp that sometimes you need to work through the pain to get better.
She is also stubborn as can be. (She was taken down to the Rec room to participate in some games and she told the aid she wasn't going to play any (&#$(&# games!) So, if she doesn't want to do the PT (especially if it hurts!) it's not about to happen.
She also has osteoperosis.
The family has to decide if, at 71 years old, if it's worth putting her through the trauma of the surgery, the pain of recovery for the hip replacement, the physical therapy and all before they can do the surgery for the brain tumor.
The neurosurgeon said she has to be physically able to do the rehab before the brain tumor can be taken out.
It's a tough decision.
Here is a picture of Aunt Julia that I took when we went down at Easter. She is making little piggy purses. She loves to sew stuff.
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