The Best Laid Plans...

The weekend has come and gone, and my much-anticipated day at Elk Neck State Park didn't happen. Sunday morning dawned cool and beautiful, exactly as forecast. It also brought a call from home, where a neighbor was phoning me to tell me that she had been fetched by Chris because Chris couldn't wake my mom. She was able to get mom to wake up, but she was extremely confused and disoriented. Something like this had happened back in the summer, and that had turned out to be caused by a UTI. I wouldn't have thought a UTI would cause that kind of disorientation, but apparently it is fairly common in older women, and is a common side effect.

I called Dave, sent Leo a text cancelling our hike, and hurried to mom's house to get her to the ER. The scariest thought that goes through your mind is a stroke or something of that nature. At the end of a full day in the ER, a multitude of tests showed nothing unusual, but they decided to admit her and keep her overnight for observation. So she spent the night on the same floor as dad, a couple dozen rooms down the hall. Go figure.

As for Elk Neck SP... maybe next weekend.