sick

Coworker calls in sick to "recover" from her concert the night before, forcing employee to work without a break for a 12 hour shift: 'She was telling everyone she would fake call in sick, and still got away with it!'

Ben Weiss

Dad refuses to call an ambulance for his 25-year-old son, whose spleen ruptured, because he was at work and ambulances are expensive: 'He looked at me and asked if I could drive myself.'

Emmy Pratt

Dad shames mom for going to a concert when their 10-year-old daughter is sick during his custody time: 'He's saying I'm being selfish and I should skip my trip so he doesn't catch whatever she has.'

Emmy Pratt

Stepmother insists on homeschooling her 12-year-old stepdaughter because of her medical issues, going against her and her mom's wishes: 'We already homeschool our 6-year-old.'

Emmy Pratt

‘We can't imagine our house now without her... do something that can change the lives of these poor animals who have been mistreated’: Sick senior canine dumped in dog park saved by kind rescuer and given a clean bill of health, a furever home and family

Laurent Shinar

Low-income sister opens a fundraiser for her sick dog, wealthy sister suddenly finds a kitten she allegedly can't afford and opens a rival fundraiser: ‘I asked her to share my fundraiser and she never did’

Ayala Sorotsky

‘What a comeback’: Family takes in sick and scraggly Maine Coon cat, then turns him from foster feline to foster fail while restoring his floof, his health, and his faith in humanity

Blake Seidel

‘Guys, I have never seen a more loyal dog. He follows me everywhere (even into the bathroom! Even into the SHOWER!)’: Supposedly sick shelter dog saved from being unnecessarily put to sleep after his furever mama found his ‘lumps’ were just matted fur

Laurent Shinar

A Snotty Tissue of Sniffly Laughs for People Under the Weather to Sneeze Into

Elna McHilderson

Dad pesters his half-unconscious wife with a 104-degree fever, asking her how to get their 4 kids ready for bed: 'I just snapped and told him to figure it out on his own'

Emmy Pratt

Mom refuses to take her son to the hospital after he spikes a 106.3 degree fever: 'That's over 41 degrees Celsius'

Emmy Pratt

Mom bans 58-year-old grandma from her 6-year-old grandson's hospital room after putting her 'miracle water' into his IV: 'I would rather have her mad at me than my son septic'

Emmy Pratt

Employee forced to come into work despite being sick just because manager can’t find coverage: ‘I’ve never had a job do this before!’

Ben Weiss

‘He chose me as his momma and I will always be his momma’: The emotional story of a cat momma and her cat distribution system delivered soul kitten who survived against the odds and stayed together through evictions and several rounds of ill health

Laurent Shinar

‘I just burst out in tears at the thought of having took him from his family’:A person’s compassionate rescue of a sick and abandoned kitten leads to an emotional crisis of empathy after the rest of the feline family returns

Laurent Shinar

Stressed brother lashes out at sister, after discovering that she started an outdoor workout on her smart watch, while walking to meet at the hospital to see their suddenly-sick dad: 'It's just what I do when I go walk anywhere'

Emma Saven