Very stressful day today. Mom managed to slip and fall at about 6 am. She only told me at noon, and did not mention until 1 PM that she had blacked out for a moment. That is when she brushed aside a lock of hair to scratch an itch and reveal a bruise and swelling. Apparently she had bumped her head, but had no idea of that until noticed. I took her to urgent care at that point where they ran some tests. Their verdict: probably a mild concussion, too slight to show on tests. So as a precaution she is avoiding housework and other forms of physical stress and computers and other forms of mental stress. Mild exercise is OK in the form of walking around the house or supervised walking outside. She can read and watch TV (even on the computer) but nothing interactive on the computer. No email or intensive browsing. And keeping her from doing housework is also stressful. It is possible she does not have a concussion, but from what they say given the size of the bump and the fact that she blacked out after the fall and does not remember hitting her head, most probably she does. (She fell on her bum, so apparently the head was hit on a cabinet or wall on te way down. ) For a 91 year old she took suprisingly little damage from the fall. Other than the mild concussion she had only bruises. Of course the reason she fell was that she had a tooth extracted Monday, was bleeding from 11AM to after 10PM. And was living on puddings and soups and juices and yogurt and Kiefer, and apparently did not get quite enough calories to make up for all the blood losses. I had stocked her up on the puddings and yogurts, and had made very rich homemade chicken soup, but apparently not quite enough. Anyway, even though it was more stressful for her, very stressful for me.

oh how worrying Typo. You have one tough mama though.

Oh Typo, that's quite the misadventure :(

It's a crutches day today. Haven't had to use those in a while. At least I already had a quiz planned for today, so I don't have to be on my feet too much.

Your poor mom, Typo! Lots of be-careful and recovery~ma to her. I'm glad she's got you; you're a good son and a good friend (which is of course the ideal, since she made you, but clearly she did a stellar job of it).

Vibes to you, too, Hil (along with ongoing better-job-in-a-better-location~ma).

Absolutely what JZ said!

I hope your mom recovers quickly Typo.

Quick recovery for your mother, TB.

Oh, Typo. ~ma to you and your mom.

I'm feeling a lot better today. Funny how I keep question myself when I'm sick if I'm really feeling bad or it's just a "meh" day, but once I'm better I can really say that yes, I was feeling sick.

Anyhow, there's a story about a term you have taught me that I think you'd like. I might have told it before - my memory ain't what it used to be.

Few weeks back, I went with a friend to a mutual birthday dinner out (our birthdays are two weeks away from each other). When we ordered, the waiter recommend me of a certain dish, but I thought it'll be too much for me, flavor-wise. So I asked him if they had something more vanilla (and I pronounced it "vanilla", because vanilla in Hebrew is just "vanill"). And, of course, since not all people are buffista-like, I had to explain that poor waiter what vanilla means, and that I didn't mean that I want something vanilla flavor or pronouncing "vanilla" wrong. He took it quite well.

Recovery~ma for your mom, Typo.

Feel better, Hil.