my mom

[Drunk Monk]

My mom has shown significant improvement.  She's walked with a walker 75 feet.  She's not in as much pain - 2s not 10s, and she's actually refusing the oxy.  She's in rehab for at least another week but we're optimistic.  The tricky thing is she must wear this cumbersome back brace for the next 8 weeks at least and she can't get in and out of it by herself.  She also can't manage the bathroom yet.  But there's some hope that she can return to some level of independence soon.  

Today was annoying tho.  I went for the Tuesday Dr rounds first thing, only to find that because the regular doc was away, the substitute wasn't coming until 1, so it was svale to mtn vw to frmont then back to mtn vw and now i'm back in frmont.  I've been at my mom's for the last two nights.  The heater controller batteries died so the heater didn't work which i didn't figure out until the middle of Sunday night when I realized I was cold.  Then the shower broke again and I got so frustrated I punched a wall and sprained my wrist.  Not a good few days but at least I didn't get any more bites.

Oh, and that Good Sam fee?  Looks like insurance will cut it down to around $100, not the $1K that I could've got the discount on if I paid right then.  Fookin vulture bastards.