Would you stay up?

[Bottleplant]

I dropped my parents off at A&E at 2pm with the promise to go and get them when they're ready to come home.

Dad is unwell, still there, they don't seem to know what the problem is, they're not yet talking about admitting him.

Even if they do, mum still needs to get home.

Dad is very imobile and can't get into a car without help. Mum is too frail to help. Mum is saying they'll get a taxi. They never get taxis. I'm sure they could work it out, but it's not something they've ever done before and i dont know if the driver would be willing /able to help. Literally never. They wouldn't normally dream of the extravagance.

So do I leave it and let them/her get a cab or stay up in case they need me?. I'm working tomorrow.

Can you call in sick tomorrow, in case you do have to collect them at 3am or something?

Go to bed but if they call, go and collect them?

@Bottleplant is go to bed with my phone on loud

Absolutely not, at the very least I'd be going to bed with phone on loud and telling them to call me when needed. But to be honest if it was my parent I wouldn't even be able to sleep worrying and wanting answers.

I had to take my dad in to a&e during the height of COVID and wasn't allowed in with him. I hung around in my car outside for hours, then went to my parents house waiting to be called. He is dead now. I'd love to be able to pick him up from A&e and would go a week without sleep in order to do so. He never would have left me to make my own way home and I certainly wouldn't have left him either. He got out of bed in the middle of the night to drive me and my sick baby and sat in a&e with me. He got out of bed and sat with my oldest when I went into labour with my second in middle of the night. So I guess it does depends on what he has done for you over your lifetime and example he set. I really hope he is ok OP and you can chalk it up to a nightmare of a night that you lost sleep and nothing more

I wouldn’t be able to go to sleep under the circumstances. If you end up being up all night then I think you should be prepared to call work first thing and take a day’s annual leave.

I would probably have dozed on the sofa waiting for their call. Hope your dad is ok OP 💐