Mum is okay but we sure did spend a large chunk of last night in Emergency with her arm.

Yesterday, her arm was sore waking up. She kept dozing during the day (a usual sign she's sick) and her arm was aching.

Then she didn't want to eat dinner. My mother has a health appetite and iron stomach, so that was a pretty scary thing. The only times she's not wanted to eat is when she had shingles and cancer.

She calls the medical help line, talks to them and they suggest she needs to see a doctor in the next six hours.

I spend a while trying to arrange out of hours gp care. Everywhere is full up.

So I take her down to the nearest hospital with an emergency/after hours care (yay, half hour drive with no lighting for a large part of it) and we get her checked in.

Eventually, we find out she probably has cellulitis. I only find this out after being left in the waiting room for an hour by myself while they get around to seeing her, which was somewhat stressful.

Anyway, they gave her iv antibiotics and sent her home, so we got back around midnight (I did get cheap petrol, so yay) and she has to go back tonight for her second dose

oh man. wishing you both well, hoping it'll go ok

She's much better today. Her arm is still tender, red and swollen but much less so than it was

And she's eating again

I'm glad!

I'm glad your mom is (going to be) ok

She wants to drive herself tonight.

She can. Technically. There's no reason she can't

that does not surprise me.

And I'll just be a pest at the hospital, and they ask that people not come unless they need to.

I did offer to shop tomorrow. I have a letter to send overseas anyway