aja8888
Moderator Emeritus
Another one of the ROMEO group I hang out with took a fall in his side yard this week and went face down onto the concrete walkway. He's now in the hospital with two back eyes, a big lump on his forehead, a small brain bleed, and on oxygen, but awake.
This fellow was part of our weekly golf foursome and, while being a scratch golfer early in his life, was showing signs of slipping, mentally within the last year. The last time we played (a month ago), he couldn't line up a putt and was having difficulty hitting short irons. This was a fellow who, at one time, was the President of the Houston Golf Association and helped build our signature Carlton Woods courses here in The Woodlands. He originally worked for George Mitchell, who developed The Woodlands area.
We (us, his DW and the Doc's) are afraid he is slipping into dementia and that's a shame for an active 81 year old. We are a month apart in age and have been great friends for quite a while. His DW doesn't think he will be going home from the hospital, but will head to a skilled care and rehab facility (the same one my DW was in when she passed). Once that stay and evaluation is complete, then where he goes will be up to his DW, I would suppose. She's a tiny lady and doesn't feel she could take care of him if he will need physical help daily.
This is so sick.....he is the fourth guy we are losing in the last two years from our tight knit group of 14 friends (two from strokes, two from falls, all four in their early 80's).
Be careful...don't fall!
This fellow was part of our weekly golf foursome and, while being a scratch golfer early in his life, was showing signs of slipping, mentally within the last year. The last time we played (a month ago), he couldn't line up a putt and was having difficulty hitting short irons. This was a fellow who, at one time, was the President of the Houston Golf Association and helped build our signature Carlton Woods courses here in The Woodlands. He originally worked for George Mitchell, who developed The Woodlands area.
We (us, his DW and the Doc's) are afraid he is slipping into dementia and that's a shame for an active 81 year old. We are a month apart in age and have been great friends for quite a while. His DW doesn't think he will be going home from the hospital, but will head to a skilled care and rehab facility (the same one my DW was in when she passed). Once that stay and evaluation is complete, then where he goes will be up to his DW, I would suppose. She's a tiny lady and doesn't feel she could take care of him if he will need physical help daily.
This is so sick.....he is the fourth guy we are losing in the last two years from our tight knit group of 14 friends (two from strokes, two from falls, all four in their early 80's).

Be careful...don't fall!