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In reply to the discussion: Am I a shit? Or what would you do? In the summer of 2023, my sister told us she had uterine cancer. We drove up to [View all]Lunabell
(7,309 posts)I'm so sorry. Something similar happened with my family. My sister was hospitalized a few hundred miles away from me, but I called her several times. Sometimes two or three times in one day, depending on the tests they were running etc. Even told her to keep my share of the money from the sale of our mother's diamond ring to help pay her bills.
That summer, my wife of over 30 years had an emergency hospitalization for an infected gall bladder that was so bad they could not operate. She stayed in the hospital 3 weeks with sepsis, almost died. IV antibiotics and drains coming out of her abdomen. They sent her home with a drain and oral antibiotics to heal enough to remove her gall bladder. My family all knew this because my wife put it on her Facebook at the time and many of them did the sad face response. But, no calls, nothing written on her or my Facebook. Nothing. No get well wishes. Nada.
I was so effing hurt I blocked all of them and haven't spoken to anyone since 2021. Oh, and one of my nieces actually lives in the same town, and nothing. The same niece who never once thanked me any time I had her over for Christmas or just a home cooked meal. I let that go until my wife almost died. That's not how a family is supposed to behave.