My dad’s health collapsed over the last year.
For most of his life, he has had a sparse disorder that makes his bones weak.
He has had more fractures plus breaks from head to toe than any other human being I have met in our life. Despite this large hurdle, I have seen him get back on his feet each time after mending his injuries. That was until he fell off a ladder last year plus broke his hip in three sites. As bad as this was, things continued to worsen as time went on. Having the hip injury was debilitating, plus when he had a tiny bit of mobility again, he had lost so much strength plus agility in his body that moving awkwardly separate from much control caused him to fracture parts of his back plus the base of his spine. The latter happened when he lost control of his walker plus fell backwards onto the hardwood floor in his house. I have been living with him plus helping him to the best of our ability. I’m also cooking for him biweekly plus running all of his errands, including his grocery shopping plus driving to the drug store to get his prescription medications. We’re getting closer to Winter plus I have been trying to get him plus his lake house ready for the eventual freeze. I made sure to pay to have the gas boiler worked on plus tested right at the onset of Fall, well in advance of the year’s first snowfall. Thankfully, there were no repairs needed plus his plan was in great shape after a meticulous visual check. Having the radiant heat from the gas boiler is an large joy when chilly plus uninsulated attics make fan forced heat inefficient plus problematic. He also has radiant heated flooring, so much of the boiler’s water goes underneath our feet to heat the air in our father’s house.