I never thought at 29 years old I would already be "taking care" of my parents. My mom is currently in the hospital recovering from Ostemy surgery. It is her 3rd surgery and 5th hospital stay since early September. I have spend countless hours in hospital waiting rooms and her room visiting. It is exhausting. There are 4 kids in my family, me and my younger brother (who lives in Florida) and My older sister and brother who are technically my "step siblings" since they are from my dad (step dad) first marriage. Well my sister is divorced with two kids and my older brother is single but working 80 hour weeks so the burden pretty much falls on me and my dad. My dad has been amazing, he owns his own business (which I work at) so he has been juggling that and going to visit my mom. So the last couple days I go to the hospital in the late morning then my dad comes in the afternoon and I leave. I am glad that I am here and able to help out but a small part of me wishes I didn't have to take the burden all teh time.
We used to live out of state (dh and I are both from MI and our families are both here) We moved back about 2 1/2 years ago so we would be closer to family when we started ours.......little did we know that we still would be waiting to start our family. I am so glad we did move home so that i am here to help etc, it is just exhausting after a while.
Hopefully my mom will come home in a few days. I think we all feel better when she is at home.
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I hope she recovers and is home soon! It's wonderful that you and your dad are able to work together and share the load.
Prayers sent on behalf of you and your family.
I just wanted to let you know that while my step-mom was fighting cancer I felt very worn and torn about being the only one of 7 children to support her, but now that I see her vivacious and healthy I wouldn't take the experience back if I could. It was a terrifying but fantastic ride.
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