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ramonajim · #3 08-11-2009, 01:57 PM

Ed is Darling Wife's 'adopted as dad' and therefore sorta my father in law. Half of the Ma & Ed team (they've been together for 18 years, never got married) that we moved into The Cottage for Ma and Ed here in Frederick a few months back so Darling Wife didn't have to drive 65 miles each way to take care of Ma after she got her lung cancer diagnosis.

Ma is kinda stable (lungs are clear, but cancer has spread to her brain - radiation treatments cut 'em to half their size, but all six tumors are still there) except that her vision is hosed (water in the sink is electric blue, yellow walls turn pink then grey) and her balance sucks. So leaving her alone isn't an option.

Ed has been out of work for several months, which works out well - he can be here all day with Ma, so Darling Wife's load is 'only' that of full time organizer, doc interpreter, bill payer, house cleaner, etc. etc. etc. Ed's been taking care of making most of their meals, going to the grocer, and even doing a bit of laundry now and then.

Oh - and we just found out last week that the shore house (ANOTHER long story from this wonderfully sweet but oh so broken family) which has been sitting empty for the past 30 years is in immediate danger of getting condemned - which would break Ma's (and Darling Wife's) heart. So now I'm dealing with the county trying to find out what our options are. Looks like I'm going to be pulling permits to raze and rebuild the garage (seriously only 4 corner posts and a pile of rubble at this point) at a minimum.