my mom

[Drunk Monk]

The caregivers are slowly falling into place.  It's an expensive service because we're starting with CNAs.  We're going with them for a month and Stacy and I are covering some days.  

My mom lost nearly 20 lbs which is a lot considering she's under a 100 lbs.  She's lost her appetite but is forcing herself to eat.  Today she was in some pain but not the level 10 pain she had in her hip and knee like before.  It was a general ache, which is probably due to the reduction in opioids. We just pulled her off oxycontin to hydrocodone and a lesser dose at that, which has got to hurt a bit.  

With all of the people passing through the house now, I've moved the valuables (papers, petty cash, Rx, silverware) into my room which my dad reinforced with a deadbolt and fortified door back when we first moved here.  Svale had this program where a cop visited our house and gave all sorts of random security advice. I think I mentioned this already.  So my room has served as a lock box for decades.  Well, today the deadbolt jammed.  I was almost locked out, which would have really sucked.  I pulled the screws out and tried to follow some youtube vids about dealing with locks, plus graphited it up.  It's working now, but it's a little sticky and that's unnerving.  It'll have to be replaced sometime soon, and that's just a little outside my skill level.