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[quote=Anonymous]I was the sister who checked out. I was there for 10+ years and handled everything.  I helped with all of my mom's healthcare and doctor's appointment and care, and she needed a LOT. She had a deteriorating condition and was hospitalized every 3 months or so. She had many trips to the emergency room. She had many days when she could not care for herself and someone needed to care for her or just be there to make sure she didn't double dose a painkiller or  get loopy and start breaking windows with her cane. (Both of which happened.) I helped manager her finance. When she was healthy and not in crisis, I checked on her every 2-3 days. I made sure that she got of the house and got some social time and some exercise when she was able to handle it.

When my little brother came home from grad school and moved in with her, I handed 98% of the care off to him. He's very bitter about me "abandoning" my  mother, but I did everything for more than 10 years and had two toddlers on top of it.   He only had 18 months before she died. The death was sudden (car accident) and didn't involve a great deal of extra care on his part.

There's two sides to every sibling story. [/quote]

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