Family Illness, Individual Decisions

There are no easy answers on this one. Regardless of what one decides to do - whether in the public eye or just a private citizen like me - these are decisions that the collective doesn't own the right to opine on.
New York Times Article

Like Edwardses, Some Use Work to Fight Illness
By PAM BELLUCK and JOHN LELAND
Published: March 25, 2007
Like John Edwards, many spouses with an ill partner keep up their work life for practical necessity or psychological well-being.