It is my understanding that the position is, indeed, open.
I took my mom to the hospital -- nothing major, planned follow-up visit, all appears to be going well (her eyes are pointing more or less in the same direction as they had been at the previous follow-up, which is exactly what we were (ahem) LOOKing for).
Just finished reading a couple technical papers. Now I feel cross-eyed. Cat bites not helping. Need to teach cat not to bite.