Mom has a bad hip for a few years. It finally got so bad that her kids ignored her request and scheduled surgery tomorrow at Mayo's.
She is in so much pain. She thinks that the pain will be even worse afterward. No matter how many times we and the doctors assure her that she will be better (just the typical post op pain which will decrease with time) she doesn't believe it nor does she remember.
It has gotten so bad that she has gone from hobbling around to walking with a cane to using a walker to having to use a wheelchair all in a few weeks. My youngest brother is a doctor and he saw her about a month ago. He said he is surprised how much worse she has gotten.
We have been here since Thursday and she asks to go home every day. We finally got to the night before kickoff.
What a long road this has been.