Rubies in Crystal

My mother, so far, is holding her own. She may survive this crisis, not with full capacities, but enough to live at a nursing home perhaps. My brother was looking after her, and called 911 when she said she was dizzy and then fell, and so she was at a stroke hospital within the hour. While she can't speak, and may never walk again, she will likely survive this crisis, and after a month or so in hospital move to a stroke rehab facility... beyond that we do not know.

I am relieved, of course, but sad to see how hard it will be for her. She will not ever go home again. And that is what she most wishes for. Spending the rest of her life in a nursing home or long term care facility may work out for her - she's always been extroverted, and the company, at the very least, will do her good.

While we are still some way from that, she is doing real well considering she had a stroke and a mild heart attack, and has pneumonia, and it is entirely feasible she may live for some years yet.