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>Crippled with worry about my mum
>She's 70, High Blood Pressure
>All my life I've been a sickly kid, ended up having to leave school
>Mum became my carer and best friend all in one
>Made my interests her interests so I wouldn't be lonely
>She played video games with me every day...still does most days
>Started to learn about and enjoy the sports I like so that she could talk to me about them and play Fantasy Sports with me
>Since November last year she's been having breathing issues - wheezing a lot
>I've been constantly panicked for months as she goes through different tests
>Still don't know what's wrong with her, but now the Doctor is worried about heart failure
>She's waiting on tests
>Then Coronachan hits
>I've literally slept like 2-3 hours a day this past month
>Constantly Googling doom scenarious
>Literally going crazy
>Yesterday I decided that when she dies, I'll go too
>Listened to 2000s era emo song I Will Follow You Into The Dark
>Instant freedom, complete clarity right away that it's the right thing to do
>Haven't spent more than a day without her since I was a kid, haven't wanted to either...so why change that...
>Slept well for the first time in forever
>Woke up this morning and hugged my mum and apologised for being a zombie recently
>Loaded up Snes9x this afternoon and played Donkey Kong together - the game we played most when I was sick
>She tells me that when I was sick, she had to try for days to pass the Minecart level for me so that we could move onto the next level together because my reflexes were too slow when I was sick
>Today I had to pass the Minecart level for her because now her reflexes are too slow
