Too bad you didnt dream this before. She could have used the trebuchet to haul the old dog up and down the stairs.

When i was in the hospital for falling down (so dizzy!) ten years ago, after they admitted me i was like, do i call anybody? I didnt call my friends, and i definitely didnt call my no-contact family. When my brother had a stroke and was hospitalized sometime in the same time period, various people left voicemails. But they NEVER said why they were calling - pretty sure my mother told them not to divulge on voicemail cousins' deaths, etc. I usually figured it out months or years later. I dont know if she thought the news would be too shocking for my poor sensitive soul, or if she was just being controlling.