The Stress of Having Family Members in the Hospital

Good morning everyone. I hope you all had a great weekend. Our weekend was very busy and today, I am just totally exhausted!

My Mother-in-law finally came home from the hospital late on Friday. She is in her late 80’s and is having some medical issues. Then on Sunday morning my auntie was admitted back into the hospital for the 4th time in two months. My auntie is more or less my grandmother and we are her care takers along with my mother. Auntie broke her back for the 7th time in 12 years in early December. She then fell again in early January and broke it again along with her hip. She has severe osteoporosis and due to her age (88) and other medical problems, she isn’t a candidate for surgery. A few days ago she came down with pneumonia and isn’t responding to treatment at all. She resides in a nursing home but is now back into the hospital and things are not looking good. Sigh, so much stress I can hardly stand it. Prayers would be appreciated.

When it comes to dealing with hospitalized family members who you love….how do you deal with that stress? I know it’s stressful and hard especially when all of that typically falls onto 1 or 2 people in the family. I really wish that others would step-up to help out and do their part but all you get is excuses from them. Sigh.