What would your family do if you were sick and couldn't take care of them?

Well honey my family have already been caring for themselves and me for almost 2 years and I have to say they do quite well! My other half and both my kids will cook , clean and look after me and themselves very well! I know I am very lucky to have such a great family! xxx

When I get sick at home, it is always my wife who takes good care of me, but when I am away from home and get sick, I am the only one to take good care of myself. My wife is a caring one. Of course when she is sick, it is my turn to take good care of her by doing the cooking and household. Have a good day and take care, my dear beauty queen.

that has happened to me. i was so sick i had the flu erally bad adn i couldnt get up. and i was actually crawling across the floor to get to the kitchen to get the kids something to eat. it was very hard. and no body came over to help me. so i hate them now. but we survived. the kids ended up in the er twice because they lost alot of weight.

i am like this fairly often because i cannot get around due to my knees (i suffer from severe arthritis in both knees) and my hubby helps quite a bit, plus our daughters are older (11 & 15) so they certainly can help around the house too.

The spouse can help. Or any member of the family, maybe your brothers or sisters or in-laws, or househelp can help.

It is not too bad for me at the moment as my eldest is 16 and has just left school, he would help to take care of everything. But luckily I have not been that ill for a while. So my son would help me out through the day and then when my hubby came home then he would take over. It would end up being chippy for tea though!

I got very ill when my kids were 4 and a half and one and a half. Their dad had just gotten his first trucking job and I did not even know how to contact him. I would not have because he was on probation. I was toilet training my daughter, and I sprayed our utility porch, where the washer was, for insects, then walked barefoot where I had sprayed. Little did I know that I was absorbing the poison and it was building up in my fatty tissues as well. I thought I had the stomache flu. I kept up with the toilet training, and my son would just make peanut butter sandwiches, and pour glasses of milk and juice for his sister. I remember them sitting on the floor and eating together. I got a prescription over the phone from my doctor, for the diarrhea, as that is what it seemed like I had, well that made me faint, and throw up. My body just had to get that poison out somehow. Lucky me, I figured out what was happening and quit going barefoot. I am amazed, my friends did not even come by, except one gave me a ride out to the country. I was supposed to be feeding another friend's dogs while she vacationed.I was too dizzy to drive. I did finally get over it. I was often the type who would not see a doctor. My hubby now does not eat, if I am not home to eat with. He does not mind fixing food, he just wants company while he eats. This hubby would take care of me if I was sick.

This has happened to our family. Our daughters took care of themselves and my husband pitched in and made of the slack. They were stressed but it was doable for a while.

Hello beautyqueen26, I seldom get sick too. But whenever I am terribly sick, my husband helps a lot. I will just stay in bed and he will take care of me, the boy and the house. But sometimes, I just feel guilty to fall sick and trouble my husband. Anyway, isn't it good for once a while, he is being able to think how life would be without his beloved wife?

My family takes great care of me when I am sick. My grandson (who I raised) is always checking on me. Of course they dont clean house but they sure can feed themselves lol

I do not have a spouse.and unfortunately due to my own feeling of unworthiness as I raised my daughter I never asked her to do a thing for me.I always did well over above and beyond for her,her needs and wants always came before mine.I ended up teaching her that I was not worthy of help,or so self sufficient I didn't need nor want any help.When she was 10 I started with some serious symptoms of Multiple sclerosis.I could not walk without holding on and every step made my head feel real fuzzy,worse with each step.I still took her to soccer games and to the market .Let me tell you she did nothing to be helpful.She got angry because I couldn't get out of the car at her games although I could still see her play from the car.She never once considered saying thank you knowing it was killing me to do this for her at all especially on hot days when it was always worse.I am somewhat better now but she still does not lift a finger to help me.My own fault for raising her the way I did,I just didn't know what I was doing.I have never asked anyone for help,I always do things for myself. Jas

Im currently living with my inlaws and some of my husbands' cousing are living with us. My son is 21 month old. I think I wouldn't be having problems if I get sick mainly because I know that there are people in the house who can look after him. Also, he has a nanny so there's really no problem. Another thing, I don't get sick often so I don't usually think about it! Thanks

I remember my father who use to take care his children when they got sick. But when my father nor my mother are sick I was the one who in charge to take care of my younger brothers and sister because as the eldest it is my role to take over the responsibilities that my parents can't do in that case

These years i am working in a different city far from my hometown. Everytime when i call back to my family,my parents will ask me about my health,life,work and so on. They always tell me to take good care of myself.I know that what my parents do just concern me. But in my opinion,i should be imdependent and learn how to look after myself as i have grown up. So,refer to this topic,if i was sick,i will not tell my family, because i really don't want them to worry about me.