Oh god. I'm glad she's going to be okay, but that's absolutely still very much scary and a rough thing on a /normal/ day. Wishing a swift and full recovery to her...

It's fucked, man

Augh....

And for the record, cutting contact can be either hard stop no talking or just kind of ignoring attempts to talk to you aside from occasionally saying hi back.

If you're busy, say so. If you're going to be busy, say so. Don't just leave someone hanging after establishing a rapport.