A viewer writes: “We are being told by the doctors about my mother that the only exception to denying visitors, family in this case, is what they term ‘end of life’ which to me sends an extremely problematic message. They are also conceding that her recovery outlook would be improved if she were able to have in-person visits with her close family members. They say she lacks motivation and is often uncooperative with the nurses and therapists, speech and physical. They had to put her back into ICU with the EVD drain re installed and yesterday or the day before, they put the feeding tube back in because they are not confident she can swallow safely anymore. So my thinking is that her higher self, at the minimum, and perhaps even parts of her consciousness in ready access, knows that if she ever wants to see her family again she will need to be determined by the doctors that she is on her death bed. Is this true? Is this what is going on with her?”

She is not reacting to the restriction and in return affecting her future course of health one way or another. She is simply like anyone else trying to cope with a difficult situation where she is in an unhappy place and is feeling badly and has had many insults to her system. Those are the things weighing on her and affecting her mood and her state of mind as well. She is under par and that is what is being reflected in her agitation and withdrawal. This is also a protective mechanism in part as well, akin to the need for sleep, that people will simply stand down for a time to put maximum energy into recovery of the physical systems by enforcing a quiet time for the being. This is innate wisdom of the body, so it is not something the doctors are causing secondarily through their rules. She would enjoy contact with family, to be sure, but that will not be a major detriment to her in the near-term.