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My mother had surgery on a vein in her brain in February and had a stroke during the surgery, so I flew up there to stay with her.

She never quite recovered from that.

2 weeks ago, we learned why: She has cancer, and it's terminal.

In the weeks up to now, it went from bad to worse. Today, my dad told me that I need to come home immediately, because her organs are rapidly failing.

I'm flying up there tomorrow evening, one week before the vacation I had already planned to have there.