Mum is in the hospital

My sister phoned last night. My mother is in the hospital in California. She fell and broke two ribs. They found a serious heart arhythmia and did some tests. She has a very restricted valve on her aorta. Now we have to decide whether or not she should have heart surgery and get an artificial valve. We're are trying to balance risk versus possible improvement in quality of life. ( Read more... )

My sister will be getting a second opinion. At the moment we are both leaning towards not allowing the surgery.

That's why I'm not posting comments to journal entries. I've just got too much on my mind.