Had to make a interesting decision last night.
My aunt sends me a text, telling me that my grandfather is in the hospital. This is my mom's stepfather, but the closest thing she had as to a Dad, even though he was very abusive to her as a kid which affected her for the rest of her life. For this reason among others, I was never very close to him. I would see him on holidays and other times my mom would force the family together. Once my mom and step dad passed away, this side of the family really means nothing to me anymore. They are not good people.
That said, family is family and I could take an hour out of my evening to check on the old *******. So I get to the hospital and he is all alone in his room. A beat up, destroyed version of the guy I use to watch fill out a horse betting form in the newspaper while smoking a pipe. He has to wear a catheter all the time now, and apparently he pulled it out at home, and caused all kinds of damage and infection. When I get there, he asks the nurse for a pain pill which she says she will bring to him right away. While she is getting it, he digs into his nightstand, pulls out a small bottle and tips it back into his mouth. I ask him what that was and he says, "pain pill". The nurse comes in and soon gives him another pain pill and something for his infection. He asks for a sleeping pill and she says they don't give sleeping pills at that hospital and they would make him comfortable. As soon as she leaves, he starts fishing in his nightstand again, and finally finds a baggie of pills, sleeping pills of course. Takes one and settles in.
I'm torn at this point. I want this old man to be comfortable, but I don't want something happening to him and the blame falling to the hospital. I leave and walk around the hospital a bit, finally going back up to his floor, finding his nurse, and telling her about his secret stash. She didn't even blink an eye, called him "a sneaky one" and asked if I wanted to take the contraband with me. I said no, I didn't even want him to know it was me that ratted on him, and if she would just go and get them once he was asleep.
In the end, I was pissed at him for even putting me in that position, so I didn't as bad about my decision.