The Ghost of Upshaw Way

My mother recently had surgery, so I am spending the next few weeks staying with her and my dad. My mother weighs about 95 pounds soaking wet, a tiny thing with short dark hair. Since she has lost so much weight, her head looks like an orange on a toothpick. (I married an ax murderer) Last night I was watching TV, kinda dozing in my dad's Lazy Chair when all of a sudden there was this wispy figure floating towards me in a long white gown. I screamed, thinking it was a ghost....it was my mom in her nightgown!