It has been helpful to her so far, that I've been emailing her every day for months. I've known her for many years but only recently have we become close. She

It has been helpful to her so far, that I've been emailing her every day for months. I've known her for many years but only recently have we become close. She presents a false front, in that she appears to be a great deal stronger than she really is. Like a picture of a stone wall, rather than real stone. Over the last couple weeks I've been asking her for some advice about my work. While she's been, strictly speaking, helpful, she's also been quite harshly critical. I got a mail from her a few days ago expressing her furious anger at not being able to get medical care, to which I replied - loosely speaking - "Call 9-1-1". I didn't hear from her for several days, I prayed that she was in the hospital yet feared that she was dead. Finally she emailed me this evening, she is in the hospital. She is completely convinced that she has not a friend in the world. That's not even remotely true but she is convinced of it. So while strictly speaking there _is_ a great deal I could do from here, there is a lot more to do were I there in person.