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When she is at home, she cries that she is a prisoner, where she is served terrible food, (my Dad isn't a very good cook, so I try to stock them with food I've made to keep in their freezer) has no one to talk to, and my Dad is tired and crabby at night, so getting ready for bed is not nice. At the hospital, where she has food on demand from a menu (although it is the heart healthy menu, so low salt), a chaplain and other people to talk to, and help whenever she pushes a button, she cries because she misses my Dad, her cat, and just wants to go home. Yesterday, she was not begging to go home, so I think she had accepted if she stayed she might feel better in the long run. It's a smaller rural hospital, and it seems well staffed and she is well cared for as far as I can see. I am happy the cardiologist really pushed a longer stay. it gives my Dad a break too.

They will get 30 days of in home health care support: a nurse once a week, PT and OT also. Medicare will pay for that. But that doesn't cover the kind of service that would really help like housekeeping/laundry, and personal care such as helping her get dressed, or organizing her clothes etc. This is what they need to pay for, but my Dad keeps refusing to do, because he can handle it. And both of them are very weird about "not wanting people in the house". It is extreme now, but it was always an underlying current growing up: who could be invited over and who couldn't. I remember once I couldn't invite a girl in our neighborhood to my slumber party because my Mom said, I don't want her in our house. (I think she didn't like the girl's parents, the girl was harmless and I was allowed to play with her) So weird stuff like that. She might go home tomorrow or Friday. I'm enjoying knowing that for now, everybody is safe.

Is it unusual for your Mom to not be agitated in this situation? Maybe the reason she agreed to stay in the hospital and is less agitated is that she is getting prepared to give in (in a way)?

Our trees drop lots of twigs and sticks. We call them self pruning trees. There's always kindling available for a bonfire.

I'm having a deliciously slow morning! No specific plans today besides the usual tasks of living. One task I will get done is emptying outdoor terra cotta flower pots that need to be stored indoors. It's still sunny, and not too cold, but winter arrives this weekend with temps in the 30s and snow.

When we got to the hospital, my Dad had just left, but my brother arrived so we were able to tlak a bit. My Mom was really sleepy, which I took as a good sign that her aggitation was diminishing and she could actually sllep. Deer hunting starts this weekend. If she is still in the hospital, I will make sure to visit because everyone else will be up North at deer camp. If she's home, my SIL or my Dad will stay with her. Next weekend (the 14th) I will stay with her so my Dad can go with DH and DS. Back in the day my Mom used to come and stay with me during deer hunting weekends and we would go shopping and have brunch with DD. Feels like a long time ago.

BFF did move out yesterday ****il January). Ah, space. More room in the fridge and freezer and DH can have the downstairs bathroom for his own again.

No weight yet but I might get on the scale when we get home. We left Fort Lauderdale at 6 am and are picking up Justice at 8:30, so home shortly having not eaten or had coffee yet. But good to have the full day ahead and be able to have our usual morning back at home.

The fellow who fainted at that incredibly boring rules seminar was dehydrated. That has happened to him before. I guess he needs to drink a lot more water. But he did save the group from another hour of pain LOL.

Nice visit with DSS and DIL. We ended up eating at a sushi place - really good stuff.

Today after our usual morning we are picking up our neighbors at the airport then bocce in the late afternoon. These are the neighbors whose dog we had to arrange transportation for in the spring. They are taking a charter flight with the dog and the dialysis machine. Their car arrived on a carrier on Sunday.

Almost there to get Justice. Have a winning Wednesday!