My Mom Lives in a Yellow Submarine

[errantember]

I got a call from my Mom about noon today telling me that her house is flooded from an unknown leak somewhere in the walls. The timing couldn't possibly be worse, as I was planning on leaving for Flipside tomorrow around 3 PM, and she is in the 4th week of 6 weeks of not being able to put any weight on her left foot. She also just had a new hardwood floor placed down in her bedroom which is currently buckling and popping up. The water in the house is turned off, and plumbers are on the way, but there is a possibility that I may have to drive up to D/FW to help her out and will therefore have to miss some or all of Flipside. Several friends and neighbors are on the scene helping right now, and I'm not sure what help I would be at this point, anyway, but I'll have to make a final decision before I leave tomorrow.

Comments

[gailmom.livejournal.com]

try to remove family-obligation-guilt long enough to ask yourself if there is anything YOU can do that the professionals and the neighbors CAN'T. If the answer is Yes, you may have a hard decision to make. If the answer is No or Maybe, you might want to take care of you so you'll be refreshed and able to deal with whatever you Might be able to do when you get back.

And the answer to your next question is no, I didn't bother separating my own desire for you to go to flipside from my reaction, cuz I didn't actually tell you what to choose. so there. :P

I do hope you'll come to flipside, and not just for me. ;)

*snugglehumps*

[austingoddess.livejournal.com]

Fuckity.
How about insurance, not just for the house but for her? Does her insurance cover someone to come check on her?

[errantember.livejournal.com]

She has medical coverage, so there is a nurse coming at least twice a week, and she has about 6 or 7 people who can help out at various levels of commitment, but she doesn't have short-term care insurance, which is what you'd need to have someone come over to help with non-medical stuff. We checked into that extensively when she first had the surgery.