My mother went into the hospital

And that is never a good thing

At 5:15 pm last Friday, my mother had an echocardiogram. She had been feeling unwell for a few months, ever since a respiratory infection last November. She had twice gone to emergency at her local hospital for what she thought was a sinus infection and shortness of breath. No one thought to check her heart; at 85, she is more active than many people tw…