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I'll confess right up front that I'm not in the mood to discuss politics, but your first couple paragraphs about your uncle and his illness got my attention.

My mother, a rather disagreeable woman who never quite warmed up to me, is at what I can only assume to be the end of her life with emphysema, COPD, whatever they are calling it these days, after sixty years of smoking.  Since I am the lone out-of-town sibling, all of her care has fallen on my siblings, my sisters to be precise because my lone brother somehow manages to avoid these kinds of things.  From what I hear it is very difficult, frustrating, stinky, thankless work driving her around to her various appointments, relaying medical information to several different doctors/clinics, making sure she understands instructions, laying out her meds each day, helping her with personal care, keeping her condo clean etc., all while she shows no actual warmth and very little appreciation.

And I am so damn glad to be 600 miles away and missing out on all of it.  I feel guilty for that sense of relief, but it is unquestionably there.  I thought I'd feel sadness, and I'm sure I will when she's gone, but so far it's just pure relief.

So I admire like hell your devotion to your uncle, who did not give birth to you, and who you seem to have taken very good care of to this point.  And now may be the time to turn over that care to those who are better able to handle his increasing medical and personal needs.  Focus on those kids who are quickly to leave the nest.

"Don't waste your time on the clowns, watch the real show"

by Second Nature on Mon Jun 16th, 2008 at 06:47:21 AM EST
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I'm sure everything will come to a conclusion soon enough. I can't bail on the guy, so I have to make the best of it.

In the mean time I have to focus on what's important. And that is to continue building this 20 ft. fence around the nest so the munchkins can never get away! Hang on!! I see one trying to go over the fence right now!!! LoL! :o)

Green Grass and High Tides Forever

by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Mon Jun 16th, 2008 at 01:12:43 PM EST
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