“As I write this, a text comes through from my dad: Mum was whisked into hospital during the night with dangerously high blood pressure. She’s being closely monitored. Will I be able to visit her? he asks. A feeling of panic rises in me – I have a deadline first thing in the morning, and a list as long as my arm to get through before going out of town tomorrow; ‘Not today unfortunately’ I tell him. Thankfully she’s soon back home with new medication. But that’s not always the case.” Read more at Woman Alive…