Well here I am again L. My mom's back home from hospital, but not doing too well. She refuses to drink anything but water, even though the doctor told her if she doesn't drink water mixed with electrolytes her dehydration is going to get so bad she'll be back in the hospital again. She's lost a lot of weight, my sister said, and she was already too thin to begin with. She won't eat what the doctor told her to eat, she won't go to physical therapy to try to rebuild her strength. Sis said she's still very weak. So the dr set up home health care for her which will include some physical therapy, which is supposed to start tomorrow. I haven't talked to her since she got home (she's pretty much lost her voice from being so dehydrated I guess) but from what my sister told me today, it almost sounds like she's ready to just be done with life. I don't know. On one hand, she is being a little ornery by refusing to drink electrolytes, so if she's still got fight in her, she's not ready to go yet. But, it's also kinda how I remember my Dad acting in his last few months. I'm working on preparing myself for losing her. Well as much as anyone can prepare themself to lose their remaining parent...