I just wanted to thank you all for your purrs and encouragement re my mom.
It's helping me keep going and I truly appreciate the support.

To those of you who kindly suggested I explain to my mom what assisted
living is like; she actually knows.  When she broke her femur in 2003, she
was in a rehab hospital for several months and then "agreed" to live for a
few months in  an assisted living place till she "got better" and could
return to her house.  So she knows. It was about $3,000+ month for a very
tiny studio apartment; the larger ones were over $5,000/month.  The good
part was that she actually gained weight there from their meals and looked
quite good at the time; however, she doesn't think of herself as "old" and
doesn't want to be there with some of the "older" people who are not as
mentally with it as she is.

So we'll see what I can hope to accomplish.

Many thanks again!
Christine