[Enchante]

She didn’t merely “stumble” it was a complete collapse — the aides did not merely help her balance or return to her own standing position, they dragged and shoved her into the van like a sack of potatoes.

What was incredibly revealing was that they did not pause even for a moment to help her onto her feet, to communicate with her or each other about what to do.... both aides (on each side of her) “knew” that they had to lift/shove/drag her into that van just as fast as possible. That is an incredible fact, if we reflect upon what it means for her condition and for what the aides around her are trying to do.

Any normal person would have been helped to stand and stabilize in place. Instead, their mission was to manhandle her into that van just as fast as possible, by any means necessary. Astonishing.

[HollyB]

You are correct. Stumble was an understatement. Just the term to refer to the incident. It was pretty crazy. Think about it, people do not collapse like that with pneumonia. People get light headed from time to time, yes. But, she was propped up for a while and should have recovered from a ‘moment of light headedness’. This was something of a much different scale. She won't be able to keep this hidden. Her condition is going to become more exacerbated and evident. She knows, ‘one more time and she's done’.