A few years ago, I did a consult on an 80 year old patient had a bleed in his head that was caused by a fall. I asked the son (who didn't speak perfect English) how his father had fallen.
Son: "It was one of those... those things you jump on..."
Me: "Huh?"
Son: "You know, for parties. You jump on it..."
Me: "A... trampoline?"
Son: "Yes, a trampoline."
Me: "Your father got hurt jumping on a trampoline??"
My 90 plus year old grandmother would stand on her head.
ReplyDeleteI was doing a rotation at the VA and an old man in his 80s came in for a flu shot. He had a cast on his leg. After I gave him his shot, we were talking (you know the VA guys like to talk) and I asked, "What happened to your leg?" He said he was breaking in a horse and it knocked him off. He started cussing his son who was supposed to be working with the horse but was lazy and irresponsible. I asked how old his son was. He was in his 60s.
ReplyDeleteI hope I'm spry enough for a trampoline when I'm 80 =)
ReplyDeletemaybe it was a bounce house :)
ReplyDeleteMy mom broke her hip at her karate class. She was about 70 at the time. The woman was fitter than me.
ReplyDeleteI'm with PharmGamerKid, I think maybe it was a bounce house too. You should never lose your childish enthusiasm! Good for him to jump around at that age.
ReplyDeletea bounce house would be even more awesome. =)
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My landlord's dad, an energetic man in his 80s who lived here before I moved in, jumped on a trampoline every day for fun & exercise.
ReplyDeleteHe fell down 10 basement steps he had walked down every day for decades and never recovered from the subdural bleed.
I know it's tragic but part of me is glad for him that he escaped a slow decline.