From the files of: Not to be a downer, but...

Haven't really been talking about it much, but I can use well-wishes and positive energy for my Mom. She's been in the hospital for the last week and is currently in the Intensive Care Unit. She's stable, but only with an oxygen mask set on maximum hospital-grade output, which isn't so good. If they can get the pneumonia under control, then there's some hope that she can get downgraded back to a regular hospital room, and if she can remain stable with a lot less pure oxygen than she's on right now, she may be released from hospital care. I've been going down just about every day for several hours, as have some of her friends from up here in Olympia. We want to be there for her but half the problem is that she won't shut up while we're there, lol. And her talking lowers her O2 saturation.

So, anyway, right now things are a little tenuous. She's a stubborn old bird, so hopefully that translates into her fighting and winning this one.

Thanks for the mindless release and distractions here and in Minecraft.