Yesterday's Medical News:
Terri's sister, who looks after their mother, has an aortic aneurysm but they won't operate because she's "too fat", so now the poor woman can be expected to die at any moment and the doctors say she is to have "no stress", meaning she can't look after their mother anymore (who has cancer and 2 new hips)--so Terri will have to go to New Jersey and do it.
Terri is in tears, doesn't not want to let Peg down, or us, because she considers us family too. I assured her she was not letting us down, that her priorities had to be with her mom and sister. And that Peg, at least while she's in hospital, is being well tended and does not need Terri (or Dominick or Bonnie for that matter) by her side every second.
It'll all save Peg money, which is good news, but I feel so badly for Terri, she's had a much harder time in life than I have. Not counting having Peg for a mother.
Speaking of whom, I am now hoping that Peg's hip takes as long as possible to heal and they keep her in rehab for awhile. A month or two would be good. What a lovely daughter's prayer.
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