Kadiera's Playground Cute but Evil - it averages out

Alex is doing fabulously on the vent, and they're working on getting him down to the point where the vent doesn't breathe at all unless he breathes deeply enough to trigger it. He's so much happier it's hard to explain.

My mom has been in the hospital twice in the last month with heart issues. First her heart beat was too fast, then apparently the meds for that worked too well, and her heart rate dropped way too low. She's supposed to have a catheterization next week, along with wearing a monitor to check the electrical action.

Lexapro helps. It's not perfect, but it's manageable this way, and I'm not a zombie.

Work is still work, but there are layoffs coming again this January. I suspect I'm ok because of the position I hold and some of the work I've been doing this year is groundbreaking.

We hired a part time housekeeper. It's a bit creepy to come home and find things re-arranged, but it's nice to have the laundry and dishes all done, and the house reasonably clean.