Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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“The only physical evidence that she’d been on the floor were rug burns on her elbows.”

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Jen Deaderick
Aug 23, 2023
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It’s been a rough few weeks. Last week, I spent two separate evenings at a hospital ER with my mother. The first night, someone found her on the floor in her apartment. She’d fallen at some point. She didn’t know when. The housing complex called me to say they had called an ambulance for her.

She’s still living in the place she’s been living. A non-prof…

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