[Heel n Toe]

Mike, I know this is difficult for you. Sorry to hear she is going through this.

One thing that I can't fathom; why isn't her husband manning up and dealing with this?

If she is semi-delirious and calling you once in awhile when she gets worse, that is one thing. I know you don't mind taking a call like that.

But if this is an ongoing thing, it is HIS job to handle this, not yours.

If she is having some sort of problem that causes her to not want to commit to getting help, he needs to go to his doctor and find out what his options are.

I understand he may feel that since (I assume) he is your stepfather, some of the decisions as to what is done should be left up to you, but it just seems dysfunctional that he isn't stepping up and getting some groundwork laid for getting the problem looked at and/or solved.