Try Not To Get Sick During What is Effectively a Holiday Weekend

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The whole process of bringing Mom home has been much more involved than expected.

It started with her being unable to make the walk from the car into the apartment. She covered about 10 feet of out 40 and sank to the ground (slowly and without injury), unable to proceed further. I called an ambulance and they got her safely installed on the living room couch. She hasn't the strength to make it up the steps, which is just as well as it means I don't have to figure out how to get her back down them.

Some of the home care stuff is getting put together, we've had visits from the nurses, and a health aide should be coming tomorrow to help her with bathing and so on. Sometime this week should see the first visit from the in-home physical therapist, who is apparently the one in charge of ordering things like wheelchairs, hospital beds, and so on.

Although I hadn't expected to need to do so, I've taken at least this week off work to try to get a better handle on things. My sister will likely make arrangements for a care aide in the evening to get mom settled and into bed so I can get back to work. My sister leaves tomorrow, so I'll be on my own after that.

I'm tired, and I'm heading for sleep now. For those of you not that familiar with my personal habits, that's about 5 hours earlier than my bedtime.