I was also thinking that I would have hung up earlier. She was using the " I wasn't in the room" way of avoiding personal guilt, so she may have just hung on in there.. surprise, shock, letting others listen in?

It's heartbreaking that people are actually dealing with this, even if this particular call is fake. We have a friend whose sister was told she had 5 years, due to a recent heart condition. She is in her early 30's.