I lost my mum to cancer and I remember someone saying, well at least you had time to say goodbye and prepare yourself. No amount of time is enough to prepare yourself for that. It was quite obviously someone who hadn’t lost a parent that said it. I didn’t blame them for saying it as they had no idea and I was glad they didn’tAbsolutely this. I watched my Dad deteriorate over a number of years until the decision was made that nothing more could be done for him. Even though we knew it was coming, the day it happened was horrific and so was the follow up (funeral preparations, walking around in a complete daze etc). She is going to be in for a mammoth of a shock because no amount of preparing for the death of a parent will make it any easier.