This is me too!!

Actually this year my dh has been hospitalized twice for about a week each. Luckily he has short term disability that pays his full salary. But I did cope very well. I know that the first person I call is my MIL. She lives about 3.5 hours from us, but she will drop everything and come up and help me with the kiddos so I can be with dh. I managed to do everything needed, including taking my ds to an all day wrestling tournament and only miss one day of work (luckily I work in a school and have summers off and one hospitalization was during the summer). I would really be in trouble without my mil and I admit that I was totally wiped out after each time.

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~Happiness is a large family~

Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger. James 1:19

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 1 Corinthians 9:24

I think the ease of going to emergency mode has a lot to do with the support system you have. I have a lot of family around me, so I think it would be easier than if I didn't.

Melissa R