Dad has hopes of driving himself again fairly soon.
One of the areas wisdom will be needed is how to get Dad (and Mom) to and from all the upcoming visits to doctors. I have been able to take personal time off days so far, but I have a limited number of days. So wisdom when to take them is needed.
Mom's short term memory loss is still severe enough that it would be a concern of her driving. She forgets some things (but not everything) after a few minutes, and forgetting where she is driving to would not be good.
Dad had hoped from the outset of the expected to be outpatient surgery that he would be driving himself right away. Today the primary care physician told us that Dad can drive once some conditions are met. Dad should be pain free enough to comfortably sit to drive, and to be no longer taking the pain killing medication that also induces drowsiness.
So we have hopes now that the catheter is out, Dad will recover quickly.
However, tomorrow I imagine we will learn that the coming chemotherapy will wipe him out enough that driving again will be out of the question...
We have also considered taxis, and taxi-like services focused on medical transport. However, having had no experience, it is hard to know what would be usable.
Aunt Vera in the past has been a great help in this manner. However, her own health issues and other family obligations limited what she could do recently. Now I am hesitant to directly ask again, unless it can be part of a rotation or some other load sharing method.
Cousin Sean has already expressed willingness to help with this or other things, even while I was writing this, and it is greatly appreciated.
"Many hands make light work."
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