My wife and I have a saying: “When someone you love needs you, just be there.”
As such, over the years, we have spent countless hours in hospitals, emergency rooms, nursing homes, funeral homes, vetrinary hospitals, filling out paperwork, meeting with healthcare folks, etc. It got to the point where I had a doctor ask me if I was a doctor because I knew so much about an illness. “No, I’ve just done this a few times.”
Recently, the tables have turned a bit (my wife and I both were diagnosed with pretty big illnesses in the past two years) — so, you’d think all those people we helped would be ready, willing, and able to return the favor right?
Turns out, not so much. Actually, not at all. In fact, some are annoyed that our illnesses prevent us from helping them as much.
We are not happy at this turn of events.