Driving Me Crazy

Yesterday I was on my way to a doctor’s appointment when I got a call that stopped me in my tracks. A stranger called me and told me that I didn’t know her but to be calm. She went on to tell me that my Mom was in a car accident, that she didn’t seem to be hurt badly and that she was refusing to go the hospital. She allowed me to speak to my Mom.

I was freaking out so I pretty much screamed to her that she needed to go to the hospital in the ambulance that was waiting there. I then rushed to get dressed and head out to the hospital, but which one?

I called back this kind stranger who then told me that my Mom again refused the ambulance ride to the hospital. By then I was yelling at this poor woman! She ran over to the ambulance and got my Mom on the phone. I told her that I wasn’t going to pick her up unless it was from the hospital. I found out what hospital, thanked the woman, left in my car and called my doctor to tell them I couldn’t make my appointment.

Mom was OK. The airbag didn’t go off so she was bruised by the seatbelt and her legs hit the dashboard. She got a citation and the other woman she hit was in the same hospital. It was surreal.

I’m thankful that she’s alright. There’s so much involved here but I don’t want to go into details. It’s just very stressful. I was sick all afternoon and night. I can barely move today. Hubby just said to let her make her own decisions because she will any way. So today when she told me that she’s renting a car I didn’t say anything. All I know is that I won’t drive with her and I won’t let Peanut get in the car with her any more.