what can u do if your mom got sick and your far from her?

@zsarhea (302)
Austria
May 31, 2010 11:55pm CST
Its an ordinary day and your away from home...u got a phone call from your brother telling that your mom is in the hospital and shes sick! what will be the first thing u will do?
7 responses
@sheanne (440)
• Philippines
1 Jun 10
Hello zsarhea, welcome to mylot. If in my case, first thing you should do don't ever panic. Be calm, sometimes it does happen to some people because they're scared what will happen to her. And check from your brother how's your mom's doing? Hope there's no complication with her. And everything was arranged, alright. If in case you really want to be with your, and check for yourself how's she's doing, you can ask from your boss if you're working, to let you go for leave for sure he/she will understand your situation. Have a good day and happy mylotting to you.
@zsarhea (302)
• Austria
1 Jun 10
thanks u so much for welcoming me here..and thanks for the advice but im not working yet..im here in manila to look for a job thats why im not there with her..it was just a few days ago...the money i had was sent to her coz i dont know what i should do...our house is 45 mins away by plane or 18hours away by ferry so instead of buying a ticket what i did is i did tried to look for a 24 hours money transfer and sent the money so they have something to spend for some medications...
@cloud31 (5809)
1 Jun 10
I will rush home, no other thing is more important than to see mom and ensure her safety.I would definitely ignore all things for my mom, whether is serious ill or not, I will not make any other choice, I just want to see her in her current condition. Happy myLotting!
@zsarhea (302)
• Austria
1 Jun 10
i would do the same but i dont have much money at that time...so instead of going home ( its like 45mins away by plane from where im living or 18 hours away by ferry)or buying ticket for me to go home what i did is i sent the money for her...
@srganesh (6340)
• India
1 Jun 10
Just inquire about in which hospital she is admitted and confirm that she is in safe hands.then ask your brother to take care until you will be back and inquire whoever is nearby to support him in this.And if she is in a critical position,I will make arrangements for the travel to my home.
@jayrene (2708)
• Philippines
1 Jun 10
First, i will try to go there right away, my mom lives in the city and i live in the province. Its a 2-3 hours drive away from my place, so traveling and visiting here is no big deal for me. If ever i cannot under any circumstances, go to her, i will send money right away. Fortunately for me, whenever my mom feels like she is sick, she comes here to my place, the last time she was confined, she went over here and confined herself to a hospital near my place.
@advokatku (4033)
• Indonesia
1 Jun 10
I will immediately send money for need her during in hospital. It was the most easy and quick that I can do when my position was away from her
@zsarhea (302)
• Austria
1 Jun 10
thats what i did.It was like 2am and im still up coz i have friends over here then my brother phoned me.I went out and tried to find a 24 hours money transfer ( theres not much here in the philippines)..I didnt had much money at that time but fortunately it helped alot.Oh btw,thats just 3days ago and the good news is,shes already out of the hospital and just taking some rest and medication.
@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
4 Jun 10
mother hug - oh,it feels good to see your mother for such a very long time.
its our obligation to take care of them specially when they're getting old enough.
that's very sad,my friend! i would definitely do what i have to do, it is to visit her no matter what her condition is.i guess it's our responsibility to take care of our parents,specially our mother. well, my mother has gone some operations to her heart last 2007 and she's getting better since she had that operation. she had also had seizures which caused her to have hallucinations and we didn't want to see her that way,but we have to face the reality. what will happen if we are not in her side? there have to be someone who is always watching for her.we are not getting any younger and we have to take care our parents the way they took care of us when we ares till a child.have a nice day my friend! i hope your mother is okay now...
@zralte (4178)
• India
1 Jun 10
It has never happened to me, Thank GOD!!! That is to say I have a mother who is quite healthy. In all the years that I have been away from her, I have never known her to be seriously sick that she needs to be hospitalised. Sure she got occasional cold and flu, or hurt her back a bit or something, but nothing serious. In answer to your question, I think if that happened to me, the first thing I would do would be to find out the extent and seriousness of her sickness. And I would do anything necessary. If my flying home is going to help her, I would. It all depends on the situation and the seriousness of the sickness.