Wednesday Mom had a small stroke. She is in the hospital. My brother and father are with her. 

She doesn't want to stay in the hospital. She is confused, but mobile enough to get into trouble. She'll get out of bed when no one is watching, take a few steps and fall.

She will be in the hospital for a few more days. Dad has communicated that we don't need to come up.

When my mother had cancer dad didn't tell us for months because he didn't want to bather us, and there was nothing we could do anyways. So when dad he told us "She had a small stroke. She is doing fine and will be out in a few days." we have all started digging into the little that we know to see what's really going on.