It’s definitely confusing. It does sound like the dog bite wasn’t necessarily anyone’s fault (the husband has cognitive difficulties so can’t be blamed for letting the dog loose, and the dog had been appropriately restrained prior to that). But yeah, we don’t know enough about the dog bite itself; I’ve had nips that broke skin but didn’t cause enough damage to get medical attention, so it ended with me complaining at the owner to be more careful. But other times even if a bite doesn’t require stitches it may still be deep enough to need medical attention, in which case the reporting would have been automatic. The daughter may not have reported anything at all herself or even known it was reported, and the reason it took over two weeks was because the wheels of hospitals and subsequent public health/animal authorities grind slowly.
You have my sympathies too! I’m chronically ill as well, but generally my immediate family has my needs well-handled. We just don’t need the stress of extended family coming in. (And for at least one of the family members, any assistance has that expectation of fawning gratitude you mention. Ughhhhh.)
I definitely agree that wherever the problems are between LW and Daughter, either family therapy (if all parties come to it in good faith; otherwise it’s pointless) or space are the best options.
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You have my sympathies too! I’m chronically ill as well, but generally my immediate family has my needs well-handled. We just don’t need the stress of extended family coming in. (And for at least one of the family members, any assistance has that expectation of fawning gratitude you mention. Ughhhhh.)
I definitely agree that wherever the problems are between LW and Daughter, either family therapy (if all parties come to it in good faith; otherwise it’s pointless) or space are the best options.