the doctor may want to look at drug interactions as well.

some of the reading I've been doing indicates that sudden degradation might actually be because of a UTI or something like that

Both very common (even if she hasn't started a new med super recently, often older people can have levels of drugs build up in their system because they don't metabolize them the same as younger folks)

Consuela,

one last thing: my friend's father went down hill pretty rapidly because of mini-strokes that were undiagnosed.

Consuela a UTI can cause memory problems and confusion if your Mom seems worse it could be because of a UTI.

I had made my mental food plans, but the restaurant is closed for Easter. Hmph.

Imagine my disgruntlement when I swung by In N Out Burgers to pick up some grub as I collected JZ and Matilda from the rental car place, only to find them closed for Easter. I had no gruntle.

ita - the ball point pen drawings you've been linking to have been just amazing. I had NO IDEA.

My onerous task is ongoing. I've thrown out lots of things. And friends came by and helped me move a carload of stuff (mostly yarn and books.) And I'm planning on taking a half day tomorrow to get more stuff done.

I know another family whose mother had a rapid physical decline that turned out to be a UTI -- now she's walking fine again.

Go, sumi, go!

Pretty trench, ita. I have seen Consuela's red coat (unless she has multiple red coats and this is a different one) and it's great.

I have been chipping away at my overdue dishes and laundry and TV today - pretty good progress on all fronts!

I understand that UTIs are usually pretty curable, so it would be great if that was the issue.

Still, she's pushing me to the $35,000 machine guy who flattens frequencies and kills all your bacteria.

But . . . but . . . I'm pretty sure you need a lot of your bacteria. (Leaving aside the issue of the $35,000 machine guy actually doing anything that did anything.)

Oh, but also, isn't everything going to change in a couple of months? Just wait that shit out!

Dag, I am exhausted. Getting up at 7 on a Sunday is no good for me.

Okay but drop it approach might be something like this:

"I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your being able to administer what I need because it makes my life possible. I also have to tell you I will not be following the rest of your advice but it's not because I don't value you. It's because what is working right now is saving me and I need to focus all of my energies there and not chasing other solutions that may not work as well."

Now if I could get our nurse to stop "cleaning" and to stop overusing Grace's supplies. I have started hiding medical supplies in my clothing drawers to get her to stop. Because even when I say stop, she won't listen and she has started storing her shirt (like file work and papers) in the linen closet. Which I reclaimed today.