Mom is pretty rough looking, but lively and STRONG and anxious and exasperating. She does have lung cancer which they diagnosed apparently at the same time as the pneumonia and other things. She broke her tailbone this week, but as she already has a broken pelvis there’s not much else they can do except treat the pain and try and keep her from moving around too much (good luck).
On the $$ front, brother Mike is playing things day-by-day. He’s moved the house out of mom’s name, and as long as she is in the status she currently is in (doing therapy), she still qualifies for 50 or so more days of Medicare. She’s ineligible for Hospice, because she needs special oxygen and 24 hour care and Hospice doesn’t provide that.
The doctors have no way of predicting how she will progress. She’s surprised them at every turn. She’s tenacious and she has a natural energy and hardiness that is not beaten by a long shot.
We don’t know much more than we did, but she seemed happy to see us. We’re going back to see her early tomorrow before we leave.
Sparkly Things 