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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]np: My son is 5 and in diapers.  He has a bowel disease that will likely require enemas, once we potty train him for urine, which is progressing very slowly because of his seizure meds.  He also has a feeding tube.  I have two other kids.  I know it isn't my parents' job to help me, and they don't help me.  When they're old, I don't plan to abandon them, but it bugs me that their lives have not been changed by my son's illness.[/quote]

This sentiment gets flamed on this board, but I hear you.

In my case, I've begged my parents to get their train wreck finances in order for 15 years. I think they're going to be in for a surprise at the kind of care that will be available to them when the time comes. I got a preview of what's to come when my mom spent 6 weeks in a Medicare rehab nursing facility a couple of years ago. Horrible. She was angry at me the whole time because I wasn't able to visit more often than once per week. I was working full time, had a sick infant and a toddler. Meanwhile, my father, whom she is still married to, left the state for work.[/quote]

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