On Friday my 77 year old mother had a stroke. I have been at the hospital for about 120 of the last 150 hours. I've slept here for 5 of the last 6 nights. I feel like I'm in an alternate reality. And it's a very sucky one.
Every test has been either inconclusive in the beginning, or more bad news as we have progressed. We have been watching college basketball with her, March Madness is one of her favorite times of the year. Truly, I cannot believe she is missing it.
She misses Dad. He has been gone over a year. And we visit often. My siblings are all closer and visit weekly, I have not been able to visit weekly during the bad winter weather, since we have animals to care for at home. We did get her tree put up for Christmas, and I took it back down for her.
We certainly did not expect to be doing this for our next adventure.
Sometimes life just sucks.
