Thursday 01/26//2017
Snowing this morning....gray wet spitter spatter.  The air is full of the snow smell.  The snow smell is full of memories for me.

The event of the day:
 Went  to the OSMC to see Dr. Hix, yesterday, about Mom's hip pain.  She got a complete examination, including x-rays. The x-ray shows that the her right hip is "bone-on-bone" due to arthritis.  Dr. Hix suggested that a cortisone injection might temporarily relieve some of the pain, but ultimately the only fix is hip replacement.

Dr. Hix said that Mom appears healthy enough to have the surgery.  He spoke for a few minutes about the surgical process and suggested which surgeons she could talk to.

We scheduled an injection for today at 1:30 to buy some time.

Mom appears most willing to have the surgery has spoken several times, since the Dr. visit,
about getting her "freedom back".

So, after the Dr. visit, we went to the Golden Egg restaurant to celebrate......<snark>

I  spent several hours indulging in some sour thought spinning:
Spinning #1:  HOW is it possible that SHE could manage to need hip replacement NOW?
Spinning #2: Is that happiness behind her eyes?  Freedom? Opportunity to embed a drama?
Spinning #3: Freedom to do what?
And many more.......do-da-do-da-dahhhhhhh

Possible dates for her surgery could very well be a problem since Barbie will be in recovery till 03/23 and Bevie and I will be in Belize 03/07 till 03/21.  This sucks.

Bevie came to visit after she was finished with work.  Nice visit.