Hi Ronda,
I don't know what it is about brothers, but I have two also and although I have CP adn liver disease too, they pretend that it's nothing and I cna take care of my 94yr old mother. I had to drive 4 hrs every weekend to shop for her and then when she finally couldn't walk anymore I was the one who had to drag her off the floor and find her a new place to live near me. My house is not suitable. The thing is, she is so grateful to me, I still don't hold the place of "favorite" that I have found I have been looking for all these years. Just some recognition. Now I have to be satisfied within myself that I am doing the very best I can adn am proud of myself for that. I feel guilty too, that she can't live with me, but my brothers who do have one story houses have never offered any help whatsoever. Ah well, so it goes.