I NEED PRAYERS AND HELP, if possible.

Thank you everyone for your prayers. I believe we have a plan regarding the animals. My SIL's parents are flying out to CA in January and the FIL is willing to drive the dog and two cats back to GA with him then. In the mean time, my mom's friend or my husband's family can go feed the cats/clean litter boxes for a few weeks. I will fly down to Atlanta and take both my mom's cats and her car as she will not need the car for a while. :( I'm more than willing to keep the cats in my bathroom for a few weeks but do not want to do it more than that as I know it will aggravate my kitties. I think KBlaix's suggestion of a similar kennel would be a great thing for the kitties and I have PM'd her to ask her the name and contact information.

I will let you all know how things are developing in the meantime. The social worker at the hospital is looking for a place for my handicapped brother and we should know in the next few days. He had Medicare or Medicaid (not sure which) and also receives Tricare Prime because of my father's military service.

I just need to know he will be in a safe, loving home until my mom gets better. I will be flying down to Atlanta periodically to visit and will bring my brother to visit for the weekend. My mom will be staying with my oldest brother for several months until she is better and we are going to sell her home in CA so that this will not happen again. Again, thank you for the prayers.

Sarah

I am glad that you have a plan worked out. It sounds like it should do the trick for you, your brother, and the pets.

If the social worker can not find a home for your brother have her look into the possibility of getting home care for him. Then he could live with either you or your brother and have supervision so you don't need to be there all the time. From what you describ your brother should have Medicare coverage and Tricare. Make SURE that you look into his Part D benefit for Medicare. He MUST register for it before May 15, 2006 or there is a penalty. If he gets his drug coverage through Tricare he should be okay, but you need to look into this. If you have any questions about this PM me.

I'm kind of confused why would you sell her home when this is only a tempory situation. Won't she and your brother need a place to live after shes better?

Yes, my mother was planning on moving to GA anyway so we are just going to go through with the move sooner rather than later. If we can sell her home now, we can get money to put a down payment on a house only 5-10 minutes away from my brother. They live in a nice area that has a lot of residential communities so we should find something to suit my mother and handicapped brother perfectly.

The problem with my mother is is that she lives on the other side of the country from the rest of the family. In May when she broke her ankle, she wanted either my brother and I to come out to help take care of my handicapped brother but there was no way either of us could do it for an extended period of time. If she lives near family, it would be no problem for us to take care of my brother for a weekend or something if she needs time for herself.

Ok I thought the one member was the only one out there sorry didn't mean to be so noisey

My mom left the hospital two days ago and will be staying with my brother for several months. It has been decided that my handicap brother will be flown back to CA as there are no decent day/evening programs that my mother can afford for him. Everything is very expensive in Georgia and the waiting lists for a Medicare waiver are simply too long even in an emergency such as this.

The CA program is really good. My brother has gone to this day program for seven years now so everyone there really loves him.

It has been decided my mom's dog will be brought back to GA to keep her company and the kitties will either find a foster home in CA or will be kenneled for a couple of months. I cannot bring anymore animals into my home and my oldest brother already has 3 cats and now 4 dogs that live with him (4 inc. my mom's dog)..so there is simply no space for the kitties. They should be fine until my mom gets this back.

Thank you all for your prayers and I will keep you up to date with any changes.