Dear All,
I am a big dilemma as to whether I should travel to France to see an elderly parent who is having some health issues. This would involve taking two planes each way (she lives on the island of Corsica) and unfortunately I am unwell myself, with long standing health issues but also because I am still recovering from the added 'bonus' of having had Covid 19 in March which left me with ongoing breathing problems, tiredness and vertigo.
My remaining parent went into hospital after her sister and my cousins who lives close to her started worrying that her mental health had declined.
She is a very difficult woman with existing emotional and mental health issues and we do not have a good relationship as her behaviour and neglect when I was a kid drove me away and we have been estranged for long periods. My other family members had also been getting increasingly fed up with her demanding ways and unpleasantness.
It seems that with age and the death if my father three years ago she has got more temperamental and irrational to the point where relatives are concerned about her behaviour, hence the hospital stay.
My options is to let the relatives who live close by take the lead and liaise with them and the hospital from the UK or to take the risk of travelling and affecting/worsening my own health.
If I am very honest I dread taking the risk of another bout of Covid-19 and I barely manage to walk around my local street as it is and taking care of myself. Not to mention the fact that it will be difficult to arrange time off work and current responsibilities in the UK and I dread getting stuck in Corsica should another lockdown happen or if I had to quarantine.
This is a case of the worse possible timing. Do you think I am unreasonable to try to handle matters from a distance? what would others do?
Apologies for the long post...