I was stunned when I got a call from my brother and he said our mother passed out in her house.
I told him to get her to the hospital and to not even wait for an ambulance.
He said he could have used some help to get her in the car, but I knew I would be stuck in traffic trying to get over to her place. I didn’t want her to risk staying out of the hospital. Well, it turned out that she suffered from heat stroke when her cooling system quit working. It was a pretty hot day and she had no choice but to open all the windows for a breeze to come through the house. She was able to recover in the hospital for a little while. In the meantime, I called the HVAC company and had them work on her cooling system. There were a few worn parts that had to be replaced and it was a pretty expensive job, but it was worth it to keep our mother from collapsing in her home again from another heatstroke. She said she appreciated being in the hospital too because they really blast the air conditioning system. I always thought it was way too frosty in most hospitals, but after her experiencing that heatstroke, I could imagine it was a huge relief for her. The doctors told her to make sure not to stay out in the heat of the day for too long and to use the climate control system as needed to keep her comfortable.