I learned today that my mother, Lorna Arnold had a fall while walking home from the shops, and broke her hip. She’s at the John Radcliffe in Oxford, where she had surgery yesterday evening. Obviously at the age of 91 this is a fairly serious matter.

I’m planning to phone the hospital around 11pm my time (7am in England) and I’ll update this entry with any news.
UPDATE: I just spoke to the nurse, who said that Lorna’s doing fine… blood pressure a little low, but otherwise excellent; she was awake most of the night, talking to the staff. I’m not going to try to talk to her now – the bedside phones in English hospitals are an expensive, hit-or-miss affair, and I doubt I could Skype-out – but I’ll check in with my brother soon.