uncertain what to think

Apparently my mum's taken a sudden turn for the worse. robbysmom's parent s were visiting her and got help as soon as they spotted that something was wrong. What exactly *is* wrong is still not entirely clear to me, but C has been at the hospital a good bit of the night, as has my niece Audrey. They've promised to update me (probably tomorrow) with any solid news. Things don't sound good, and I'm uncertain what to hope for.

update on mum

I talked to my sister this morning. She talked to the doctor late last night/early this morning, and his diagnosis is that he is fairly sure mum has congestive heart failure (he had been hoping it was "just" pneumonia on top of the bronchitis). He's emphasizing that if (*if*) he can get her stabilised in the next day or two, it's still a matter of weeks or months, maybe a year tops, rather than something to recover from.

OK, that...was...odd...

I heard an unmistakable trickling sound. From the bathroom. There's no one here.

I got up and went in.

Nicholas was standing on the edge of the toilet. Which was open. (I almost never leave it open.)