DAYS OF UPS AND DOWNS

It's hard to tell where Mom's future is heading.  She has good days and bad days.  She is frail and on bad days she is very, very tired and sleeps away between nurses continuingly interrupting her dreams to prod and poke.  On good days, which seem to us to be the non-dialysis ones, she is chatty and enjoys company so much that she will force her eyes to stay open or tell you to continue conversation while her eyes are closed.  I say the future is uncertain as new ailments creep up all the time.  right now in addition to all else, she is fighting 2 infections in different parts of her body.  But, we came to encourage her so we watch TV, have political, worldly discussions and most recently, because she was ready, we reintroduced her to her music.  she tells us she looks forward to each day now....a far cry from last week's devastation.
ps- did I mention my husband is a saint to sit with me through all this and NEVER complain?

One of mom's favorites...WILLIE