After My Surgery, My Sister-in-Law Shut Me Out of the Family
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When we are at our most vulnerable, we hope that family will catch us. However, one woman shared a devastating experience with us about how, instead of receiving assistance following a serious surgery, she was rejected. Her encounter caused her to reconsider all she thought she understood about love, devotion, and what it means to belong.

Here’s what she told us.
After undergoing surgery, I spent several days alone in a hospital bed, healing slowly and hoping for a friendly face to walk through the door. But no family came. Not my brother. Not my sister-in-law.