pepsionice wrote: A lot depends on the room temperature. If they could keep it cooler (say around 65 degrees) then she might be able to make it.
Very good point. Many with neurological diseases do much better in cooler temps. I have MS...any temp over 75 degrees and my neuro symptoms flare up.
If she does indeed have some sort of neuro problem, the problems she exhibited on 9/11 at the service, could be due to warmer temps (it was nearing 80, IIRC).
http://www.brainandspine.org.uk/heat-sensitivity-and-hot-temperatures
One of the standard tests for MS in the years before MRIs was called the Hot Bath Test...they would put a person with suspected disease into a hot water bath, if they lost function after the bath, they slapped a diagnosis on them. But the heat intolerance is an issue with many neuro diseases other than MS.