My MIL remarried about 15 yrs ago, they’d been together about 10 years before that. Her husband’s health is failing... frequent ‘trips’, incoherent speech/forgotten words, struggling with the stairs, very sleepy etc. He saw a dr who said “nothing more than old age”
Anyway, his daughters simply won’t see/accept how bad their dad is. My MIL is in poor health herself and is really struggling. But his daughters seem to be happy to let her get on with it! We don’t know them very well and don’t have their phone numbers etc. Also MIL would be really cross if we contacted them without telling her. She wants her husband to tell his kids himself how bad he is!! This is an elderly man who told me “to pay for the castle” when he actually meant “please get the suitcase out”!!!
We found out today MIL is having tests for cancer and is terrified. Her husband can barely walk and had another fall today. His daughter went to visit today, was told all this but says nothing.... I get she’s probably heartbroken and scared for her dad but it’s so unfair for her to leave it to my MIL.
Sorry this was long... what can we do?
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mumtomaxwell · 08/07/2019 01:00
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