Spoke to my mom the other day. My dad, her husband has been gone for awhile now.
Wish we were closer.
Kinda broke my heart a little reading that. Your mom sounds like she's frightened and doesn't know what the hell to believe anymore. It's downright criminal what they've done to scare the bejesus out of vulnerable people especially.
Keep calmly trying to assure her man, it's all you can do.