It's been a trying week. We visited Zoe's mom, Gerry, Monday at Western State Hospital. It was not a good visit. It's hard to say whether her Alzheimer's has progressed or it's her meds but she was not as cognizant as she usually is. I'm not sure she recognized us. Her speech was degraded. Then Thursday morning we got a call from her doctor that she had been unconscious for 5 minutes and had to administer oxygen and wanted to send her to the Emergency Room at St. Claire. Gerry had a bad experience when she went there last time (for the same reason) and Zoe was on the phone all day to make sure things were going well. We were ready to go down but Zoe's back has been out. We got word that the tests showed nothing alarming and they were sending her back to Western State. We will be visiting her this afternoon. Zoe was in a lot of pain last week with back spasms. She had her first appointment with a chiropractor Friday and she was in a lot less pain when she came out. Maybe there is hope. Because of visiting Gerry and having to drive Zoe to appointments I'm continually playing catch up with work. I'm getting worn out. Hopefully, her new doctor and chiropractor can get her back on the path to better health. Zoe has a couple of posts here and here.