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[quote=Anonymous]If she's determined to do this, watch her closely. Stress can kill. My mother has been taking care of her brother for 10 years and none of her siblings will help. Two days ago she was admitted to the hospital because her heart was under so much stress. She never gets sick, has always been strong and in perfect health, and is 70, which for her family is very young. They tend to live to be at least 90.  I went off on her brothers and sisters, because he's their responsibility, too, and I'm not losing my mom because they are selfish. I already have a life-threatening? illness and am disabled, so she also has that worry on her, plus we lost my brother when he was 30. She doesn't need this stress, and someone else needs to pitch in and help. Tell your wife to get home health care for him if possible, and that will take some of the burden off her. Tell her that even a parent is not worth dying for, especially if you have kids. They need their mother. I lost my dad at age 11, so my mom is the only parent I have left. [/quote]

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