laura_seabrook | Mum's decline

Seems mum's got much worse. She was more or less "OK" up to Wednesday and then she couldn't remember how to work the washing machine, and was other wise confused, and talking about dead relatives like they were in the same room. Also - according to my brother - she's in physical decline as well, hunched over. Still has good days, like being able to go to the chemist, but she's no longer able to stay on her own. For the moment she in a hospital bed while my two brothers figure out what to do. I live on the other side of the continent so there's nothing I can do about this. My brother suggested that if I want to visit mum in person I'd better do it before Xmas.

I knew this was coming, but hadn't expected it so soon after her collapse after ANZAC day.