My husband was in hospital with an ear infection that led to meningitis. It was very sudden and we are so lucky.
He ended up in ITU on a ventilator for 6 days but he's since been home with no long term implications.
My husband's family all pulled through and helped with childcare, cooked meals, everything I needed was taken care of without me having to say a word.
My family live 15 mins away from me and only one of my 4 siblings showed up for me. It hit home how lonely I was when I was in ITU and almost had a break down, and a nurse asked if I had anyone to call to be there for me.
My family did call everyday to check on me but my issue is no one showed up.
My husband has been home for a month and no one has been round to check on us. They only live 15 mins away.
I finally saw red when my brother called me to ask what we were doing for Christmas and what we were going to feed his family.
Meanwhile, he only called twice when my husband was in ITU and never called to check if he was back home.
I was disappointed after the call and voiced my feelings via text and he never responded.
After spending Christmas with my husband's family yesterday I tried to have a heart to heart with my sister but instead she refused to understand and insisted she hasn't been round because I'm a private person and no one shows up for her too. She hung up on me.
But she went as far as saying she has are own issues, and I didn't show concern on how she got to my wedding 9 years ago with three kids. Instead I only pointed out she arrived late. She had 2 years to get herself ready. And she's always late.
I just feel disappointed that they all have excuses instead of apologising. Maybe I have unrealistic expectations of what family's supposed to be like.