For years I have been dropping hints to each of my 5 sons that it would be really nice to be invited out to go maybe shopping, a coffee or a meal with one of them. The response usually comprises of them making a funny face and saying they are busy or saying maybe another time and sometimes just refusing point blank! So you could imagine my surprise when my youngest called on Friday afternoon to ask me to spend Friday evening with him in Gloucester. I was just starting to think about what I could wear when he said ‘I am at A and E and just about to be admitted into hospital, problem with my appendix. Can you bring my phone charger’……..