Best of luck to your uncle, Terry. Don't be too hard on yourself either, there is only so much you and others can do to help. Love and support goes a long way.
The other thing I wanted to mention is; there are people that work to live, and people that live to work.
RE: My uncle was recently hospitalized... he's got cancer. I'm depressed, what to do?! I can only continue to write and try to earn enough to help him... Terry's Poetry Tryings. No Time To Live.