The first I have even heard of an "ailing" mother...only thing I heard is that he was just going to "visit"...another media blackout as the poster up thread speculated??...
In his last speech, Fred said his mother was in the hospital and he was leaving SC to go there.
There has been no official release of information, but those in the campaign have said she has been “seriously” ill with pneumonia. She is over 90 years old, so being seriously ill with pneumonia is almost certainly life threatening.