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My dad is elderly and has rheumatoid arthritis, heart problems, and recently found out that he has macular degeneration. He has been getting Avastin injections for his eye, which were doing good at first, but then all of a sudden he started having bleeding again in his eye and now can only see a speck of light w/ no hope of getting much eyesight back in that eye. My mom passed away about 2-1/2 years ago, and my dad insists on living by himself because when it's his time to die he wants to die in his own bed, which I understand completely. The thing is my sister has told him he has some decisions to make; he can live w/ her, me, or go to a nursing home and that she didn't have time or money for gas to come bring him food and take care of his errands. She also told him that he needed to get Meals on Wheels. Nothing against Meals on Wheels, but as long as I am able to cook for my dad I will gladly cook and take it to him. I really want to lay into her and tell her to get out of her self-centered circle she's living in and get with it. She has made the comment she is tired of using her PTO to take everybody to the doctor and not using it for herself, leading me to believe that she thinks my dad is a burden. What I want to know is what you all think is the best way to handle this situation. I would never, ever say such things to my dad as she has and would never tell him I don't have time or money for gas to come help him out. The funny thing is she don't have money to take care of his errands, etc., but yet she stays in the road all the time running out and back to Wal-Mart and to the mall.
Again, my dad is elderly and I don't want to cause any kind of strife in my family, but I also think my sister needs to be knocked off her high horse. Any advice anyone could share would be greatly appreciated.
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