Hi Adam, I would dispute Sheila 'would be disabled by the pain of the injury'. I am pretty certains Sheila wouldn't feel any pain from the injury. Physical and mental trauma have the same effect, our bodies defence system rushes in. The blood would drain away from any areas except vital organs as initial body reaction is to maintain life. Sheila would therefore initially become unconcious. The probability is once her body discovered she would survive this injury she regained conciousness. Being so traumatised she would not feel the pain of her injury and her shocked brain would only deal with inconsequential facts, ie. She wouldn't be able to
rationalise or think beyond the trivial or a very strong desire to be where she believed she would feel safe and everything would be alright. She may if her determination was strong enough have had a go at getting herself upstairs, she may have only been able to make it as far as the main bedroom but could have been heading for the twins room, her only thought may have been to get to the twins
room, in shock that could have been her only thought, to die with her boys but she couldn't go any further than the main bedroom, they say she was found on the bed, maybe she could go no further?
Just a thought as to what may have been Sheila's last moments.
Her trauma was