I am so ashamed of my family

[princessnico]

So I found out the results of my sisters tests she had while I was in Chicago. It's not the greatest. Long story short, she has a neurological "short-circuit" that is causing her seizures and will require three years of very expensive medicine. With my mother and biological father currently in court fighting over everything from tuition to insurance to her fucking meal plan at the dorm, I am so tired of seeing my family (my father's family) act like heartless dogs. None of them can put all their shit aside, and drop the he-said-she-said trivium that they're all mired in, and pull together as a family to offer emotional support. My sister spent her whole life in woodstock, IL, her hometown, with the same friends and same family. Then she's off as an adult. Racking up large debts to pay for school, facing medical bills that if my birth parents can't coordinate insurance will run nearly as high as her tuition every year. Then think that she's 200 miles from home for the first time in her life. It's a lot to take and cope with for someone of 18. And none of them can stop to think what that must be like. They blame her for the disputes over college costs. They end up taking it out on her. And her neurological condition is aggravated by stress.

I love my sister. I hate the fact that I live 600 miles from her. I am so ashamed of my family and can't fathom that we're cut from the same cloth.