Hello all. Everything with Mom is stable although the landscape here keeps changing. Illinois is more or less under temporary lockdown. We bought Mom what we hope is a two-week supply of groceries, just in case one of us should get sick. She's talking with a potential housekeeper today. It's hard to decide what's worse for her: being alone or potentially being exposed to COVID-19. I'll see her this afternoon.

The nurse who distributes and monitors the results of her chemo medicine called this morning. Mom has an appointment for blood work on April 3 "barring unforeseen circumstances related to the coronoavirus." I tried to get some sense of a backup plan should the Cancer Center shut down, but the nurse said they hadn't talked about this possibility. 

We feel lucky that Mom tolerates the chemo. I've read that a fractured back takes about three months to heal. At this point, she's a little more than eight weeks in, so maybe we'll start seeing some progress soon.

Stay safe out there.