Some background
My friend of over 30 years is a pretty fit 70 year old single lady, with 2 younger sisters, both late 60s, married with families.
Both sisters are in the vulnerable group so not going out.
I’ve met them at their mother’s funeral but apart from that have no other contact.
My friend is very active and involved in a few hobby groups as well as attending daily Mass. all these have now stopped.
She has been keeping busy walking, sewing, painting and up until last week been pretty up beat.
She has a no nonsense give yourself a shake type attitude.
I missed a call from her on Saturday night and she left a text saying it would be good to talk to a good friend.
I rang her back yesterday and I asked if she was ok. She said the isolation was starting to get to her.
She sent me a text last night at 11.30 wishing me a happy new year and it has worried me.
We were away for a few days holiday last year, where she took ill and ended up in hospital for a few hours.
They put it down to heat exhaustion, but she was ‘out of it’ for a few moments with her eyes staring out of her head. I’m not a medical professional but would heat exhaustion cause this?
When I said about panicking not knowing how I would have contacted her sisters with no contact details she got annoyed and said they were not to be told and she wouldn’t be telling them either.
In these circumstances I don’t know what to do for the best or even who to contact should the need arise.