I'll drop this now because I find it impossible to believe that any woman on this board would be remotely okay with her husband tending to his mother in recovery from heart bypass surgery rather than coming back to be with her as she faced the real possibility of dying. Even SG. Even Fearless.
Cemar's pretty much got this one nailed.
He didn't say whether the siblings would have come, or whether they would have been reliable caregivers. Or what it was exactly that he was suffering from - although that's of course no one's business it would help with the assessment. Lots of illnesses are excruciatingly painful but won't kill you. And believe what you like, Burgbud. It makes no difference.
