Brother had AFIB Stroke and his wife did not call 911.

[James_GA]

Hello. I read posts almost daily but rarely post. My story is I have permanent AFIB take heart rate and AC meds. I am well controlled and stable. My mother had AFIB so we do have a family history of this problem.

My 60 year old brother (Tim) is a picture of health. Trim, eats very healthy, and exercises 3 to 4 times per week. He has previously been checked for AFIB and did not have it according to doctors.

On Thursday (January 23rd, 2020) Tim had an AFIB stroke. Tim lives with his wife of 39 years. Tim's wife has mobility issues but has a clear sound mind. Tim's wife is able to do basic mobility functions on her own. Unfortunately, his wife did not call 911 (USA). Various family members and friends tried to no avail to contact Tim for several days. This was not that unusual because he was a busy person and sometimes it would take days to reach him. I called him on Sunday (January 26th, 2020) and his wife answered the phone and told me he was on the floor and could not come to the phone. I assumed he was exercising. I said put him on the phone now or we were coming over there. She said he could not talk and was babbling. I quickly asked if she had called 911. I assumed it had just happened and we needed to get help quickly. His wife replied no she had not and she was not going to. I asked how long had he been on the floor and she replied 4 days I immediately hung up called 911 while simultaneously calling my other brother to let him know what was happening. From the time I found out Tim was in danger to calling 911 took less than a minute.

During his 4 days on the floor, his wife showered, ate, drank coffee, and called her sister who lives in another state on a daily basis. We spoke to the sister later and the sister said that she knew and my brothers wife knew Tim had a stroke. The sister said she tried to convince Tim's wife to call 911 and Tim's wife said she was not calling 911. When the sisters was pressed why she didn't call 911 she said she did not know.

As a result Tim has permanent left brain damage and is paralyzed on his right side.

My question is what to do with the Tim's wife? The hospital seems to think she wasn't capable of calling 911 even though she was able to take care of herself and told her sister what was occurring. Additionally, she told me and her sister that she was not going to call 911. We spoke to an attorney and he said that the police would go by what the hospital says about her mental state. In our opinion, she clearly was trying to kill Tim. Does anyone have any advice?