My 76 year old Mom has a bad sinus infection....

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and she called me up Tuesday to see if I could come out to her house with some chicken noodle soup. Of course, I said I will be there shortly. Poor Mom. She has a nasty infection and is coughing so bad she sounds like a seal. She is real weak, because she hasn't been eating enough to keep her strength up. Plus, she says everything tastes yucky. I can imagine. Plus, she had a growth removed from her foot last week that needs to be seen by the Doctor this Thursday. I will be taking her to her appointment as she is too dizzy to drive. Before I left for home she was almost in tears, thanking me for coming out, cleaning up her house a bit and bringing her soup. She said she was sorry she bothered me. I assured her it was never a bother to come see her, no matter what the reason. Mom buried her second husband in October of 2005. She has never lived alone, until now, her entire life. I know she is lonely, sometimes depressed. While she does do things to keep her busy I know it doesn't fill the loneliness she has when she is in her house alone. She has a few great friends that are also her neighbors. They live in a retirement community and try to keep busy. When she is ill the depression reaches it's peak. My home is 30 miles from her house. I have a sister and 2 brothers that live within 10 minues of her. I know they have their own lives, but am I asking too much for at least one of them to check in on her everyday or every other day? I mean, they don't even call her but once or twice a month. I think they are being selfish. Mom has always been there for all of us. There is no reason to neglect her in her time of need. I try to go out to see her at least once a week, sometimes twice. I guess I am asking you if it is normal for a woman's adult children to neglect her this way? I think it's the only right thing, that we do take care of our elderly parents, since they, at least mine, always took great care of us when we were children.