Apparently my Mom is falling apart, and is broken. 

I got a call from my Dad on my way home, and then another later call from Mom and Dad as I was sorting the laundry with clarification. A month or so ago, my Mom developed an inflammation in her left eye macular nerve, so her vision was fuzzy on the left side, but she was otherwise functioning and trying some anti-inflammatory eye drops. Well, the eye drops didn't seem to work after trying them for several weeks, she was slated for surgery which involves an interesting and detailed recovery involving some time face down and ceasing her golf and swimming for some time. This alone was pout-worthy.

Well, Mom is left-handed, so during the sit and wait time of the left-side fuzzy vision, she had to write, sew and read reaching to her right side, which was fine except the writing part. sigh. So she had developed numbness in her left arm/shoulder, which they were treating with Osteopathy, drugs and/or rum, with only temporary relief and no improvement. Finally, upon noticing some muscle loss in the left arm and thanks to an MRI, it has been determined that the numbness is due to a protruded and herniated disk in the C6 region of her spine, which is putting pressure on both the spinal cord as well as on the nerves around her neck and shoulder. In addition to the numbness, she was getting shooting pains under her left scapula. So, Mom now has the eye stuff on hold while she meets with a neurosurgeon tomorrow to determine what is to be done for that. Isn't that enough?

And on top of those, she's also got a single shingle patch on her forehead, which is behaving weirdly, but finally healing after some time and some anti-viral treatment. 

At least that is a complete list of her problems. She's a bit upset about having to take 4 weeks of unpaid leave and that it won't be spent on a tropical island or on a sailboat.

Funnily enough, this reminds me that on the way home from the first half of the play last night, I noticed an add on a MetroBus for the Bodies exhibit at the Rosslyn Dome. It's open there until October 28th, which is very cool. Must find time to visit it after Pennsic.

I also think I'm having a bit of post-HP Movie, pre-HP book funk. All I've wanted to do is read this week, but I don't want to start something just to put it aside when HP book gets here. sigh. Can't wait, perhaps I'll try to see the movie again tomorrow night.