AG,
I can't answer for Ches, but when I was reading this thread just now, I got confused about the post where you start saying you had lied. I had to click on the message you were replying to figure it out. I think you were saying you lied that your mom was going to be okay. Is that correct? Because perhaps others including Cheshire cat might have been confused like I was.

That being sad, I hope she is improving. And I hope your stress level is going down.

((((AG)))))

gg