Is this normal?

I was having a nice phone conversation with my son Gary when Cassie started calling and I had to hang up. By way of explanation, here's the email I wrote him:

So, when I was talking to you Cassie called screaming into the phone that dad was scaring her. Then the phone went dead. I called back and dad answered, calm as a summer day saying she didn't want to go to her tutor, etc and all the while Cassie is screaming bloody murder in the background. I tell him she can't go like that, to call the tutor and tell her we'll pay her for her time next week. He said fine, so she gets her way and hangs up. After a bit I call back and get a little more of the story and tell him I'll be there in 15 minutes. Cassie greets me outside with red, tear stained face and tells me dad's laying on the floor. I said, well, did you kill him? I start looking for him and he's sprawled out on the floor near one of the flowered chairs. He says he had a carcinoid crisis* and passed out at some point but can't remember. So, I'm just wondering...does this sound normal? JK

Love, Mom


*My husband Gary has carcinoid cancer.