This is Rose, signing in on Sue's Blogspot account to do a rather bad news post. Last night Sue took a bad fall in the kitchen, probably caused by a petit mal seizure. She regrouped quickly, but it was very apparent she had suffered an injury to her right ankle/foot. It was 10:20 pm, just as she was headed to bed. Shirley and I helped her up, but we had to call Chris to get her into the car and to Missouri Baptist Hospital Emergency. Naturally, on a Friday evening the waiting room was full. After about an hour, Sue got checked in and put on a gurney where, at least, she could sleep. After we were told there was a five-hour wait to see a physician, Chris and I returned to our house and slept for a while. At 5:30 am we were back at the ER. At 9:00 am a physician came in to report x-rays showed a bad break--two bones, three breaks--that would need surgery.

The physician contacted an orthopedic group and checked Sue into the hospital. She had the surgery around 3:00 pm. She will be in the hospital for a couple of days and then will have to spend several days in a rehab facility. This is a terrible turn of events right here at the beginning of the holiday season. Of course, her sons have rallied round. Mark was at the hospital with us this morning, and Scott and his two boys arrived in the early afternoon. We were to have our Christmas family brunch tomorrow morning. Our plan now is to go ahead with an early breakfast, then have everyone take presents to the hospital to be with Sue at various times during the day.

I'll post some photos and hope for more pleasant news for tomorrow.