Mom got home today about 4pm EST.
When Dad called her this morning, she told him to bring her some clothes. She had been up since 1:30AM and was ready to go home. She wanted to be dressed and ready when the doctor came in the room. I don't think that quite happened the way she wanted.
A little before noon she mistakenly sent a text for Dad to me, wanting to know if he was at home because the home health care services would be delivering oxygen to the house before she could be discharged. A nurse should come out to the house tomorrow to check on her and do an evaluation for the insurance to see what she might need.
Dad sent us a picture of her at home. She looks wiped out and very sick, but it is SOOOO much better than the picture he sent us the day before he called the paramedics. After we saw that picture, we honestly didn't know if we would ever see her again. (Granted, we still don't know that because we are never guaranteed tomorrow, but there is still the possibility of that now.) I'm just so relieved that she is home. She will be quarantined for the next 20 days. While that part will be hard on Dad, it will probably be good for her. Otherwise all four of her kids might descend on the house to "help" and in her condition that is not what she needs right now.
My mother has been through so many things in her lifetime, but she says this has been the hardest ordeal of her life.
My last vaccine is the 28th of this month. You're supposed to wait 2 weeks after the last shot before you consider yourself fully vaccinated. If we plan to see her around Mother's Day, that will be just a tad before my 2 weeks, but two weeks after her quarantine period is over.
So that is the current state of things in the Jerry White household.
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