"My parents built their lives around their children and grandchildren, personally and financially. Mom was their free full-time daycare until graduation. My parents also paid for my brother's house in cash. Family is Mom's reason for living. But recently my brother brutally cut her out of his life. We don't know if he's mad that she moved in with us four years ago, even though he was not offering."
"He wrote her a cruel letter saying she was a stupid person, that I'm a loser and my perfect dad was pathetic and weak. My mom may need neurosurgery on her neck. She desperately wants my brother there, yet he has blocked all of us. We are not allowed to step foot on his lawn. I personally would love to cut him off, but my mom cries every day. She trembles, she can't eat, she calls his phone all the time. No answer."
An 83-year-old mother with stroke, blindness and memory issues moved in with her child and spouse after previously providing extensive family care and financial support. Her adult son abruptly and cruelly cut off contact, sent abusive messages, and blocked the family despite the mother's potential need for neurosurgery and urgent emotional support. Reconciliation attempts, letters, calls and family interventions have failed. Resources on family estrangement exist to provide insight and strategies. The immediate priority is to stabilize and comfort the mother, enlist supportive professionals or mediators, and explore safe ways to address the estranged son's behavior while protecting the mother's wellbeing.
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