Clarificatia

After speaking with the doctor today with my brother and father, I'm a little more informed as to what our plan should be.

Mom is still alert but she is still, for want of a better word, partially delirious. She has motor control, if still a bit weak, and can even move around somewhat and has good manipulative dexterity. As i said, however, she is confused. (No need to go into details, I think.) The doctor feels that continuing radiation treatment will deal with the tumors; it certainly can't hurt. At the end of the treatment -- one more week -- we will be looking into hospice care for mom, most likely here at home.

So that's where we are. We all have good days and bad days; some days I feel like I've got reserves of strength I didn't know I had, other days I want to crawl under a rock and be free from this. Dad is taking this a lot harder but he seems to be settling into and accepting what we'll be doing instead of being constantly disconsolate. Well, he's still disconsolate but... well. Don't know what to say, really. :/

Anyway. That's pretty much it. When the time comes, it'll come, and untill then we'll just care for her the best way we can.