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[quote=Anonymous]OP, hire hire hire and please ask your friends. Otherwise you're going to come out the other end feeling resentful and exhausted. I just went through a brief medical drama (a few days in the hospital and a few months unable to do every day things like drive) and I was shocked at how few of my friends offered any help. I think as long as you seem like you have it all under control, people tend not to offer. In our case we gave massive overtime to a PT babysitter at first, and then we just coped by living like shut-ins.

If you're not comfortable asking, try this: email a wide network of friends with an update on your husband's health. I have an acquaintance who sent around a note about her husband's serious accident one weekend - I was there the next day with a meal and babysitting offer. I am sufficiently socialized to know that is the right thing to do. But without the prompt - if I just heard about it through the grapevine - I might not have acted as quickly.

Best wishes to your husband and your family in navigating what sounds like a really difficult time. And congratulations on the impending arrival![/quote]

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