Update:
The hospital people are going to take her home on Thursday (12/15) to test and evaluate her to see if she can live at her home. If she passes the test, she'll be home for Christmas.
This is great, because the nursing care facility is about a half hour away when the traffic is light, and her home only 10 minutes away. It will make our job of care-taking much easier (not to mention the savings on gasoline for the car).
Work on the disks is slow but steady, putting in every minute we can. Hopefully early next year.
Thank you for your patience and for all your prayers for Arlene.
Bob