Mom's Approved

Well, it's official, my Mom is now on a heart transplant list. The cardiac care board at Austin Heart Hospital reviewed and approved her case yesterday. I spent an hour on the phone with her last night convincing her that my sister and I will take care of everything when she gets her motor replaced.

I've now gone into obsessive planning mode. I'll need to buy open-ended plane tickets, make arrangements for someone to stay at the house on short notice, inform my boss of what's going to happen, figure out transportation and lodging options, etc. I want to be able to be in Austin within 12 hours of getting "the call." And I want to hit the ground running.

My plan is to find a furnished apartment in Austin so I can commute back and forth for a month or two during all the medical events. It'll be nice to have a home base in Austin instead of Marble Falls (where my parents live). They're about 45 miles apart. Not only will it be a nice place for my Dad to stay while he visits my Mom in the hospital every day, but it'll have some basic necessities I need to remain sane during an extended stay with the 'rents. Things like: decent restaurants, laundry service, recreational activities, gyms, gay people, nearby airports and copious amounts of alcohol.