I woke up to a phone call from Jerkface this morning - Aunty Dor has been rushed to hospital due to some sort of heart failure, and the breast cancer had already spread to her brain a while back. It doesn't look good.

The MIL should be on her way to the airport now, if she isn't already on a plane up to Brisbane. It looks like the Jerkface clan (including Charlotte and myself) might all make the pilgrimage sooner rather than later.

[update] MIL received the call this morning on the way to work -- Aunty Dor's heart was on the fritz, she was hospitalised, unconscious. Doctors have discussed rescusitation orders with Jerkface's cousin, C. The MIL and FIL are driving up now. The doctors don't give Aunty Dor much longer than 24 hours. I've called in a favour from work if M and I have to drive up and it stretches into the weekend - so long as I work every day of the Christmas/NY period. Whoop.

[update #2 170805] The MIL & FIL arrived in Brisbane at about 10pm, and they said Aunty Dor was a shell of a person, completely unaware of everything around her. She was having constant seizures through the evening, and is now on anti-seizure medication. Doctors expect her to pass away peacefully, as she is heavily sedated and apparently feeling no pain.