Can you help me with this slight logistic problem?

[cory]

Oh wise ladies (and gentlemen) of Mumsnet, what would you do if you found yourself faced with the following little problem:

you do not drive, have no license, have no car

you have no neighbours you can call on to drive for you

taxi companies do not pick up "this side of the river" during the morning hours

and you have two dc's, both of whom need to get to the same junior school, at the same time, and who both find themselves unable to walk ?

This may well be my position tomorrow morning:

dd (11) is still hobbling from her knee operation and isn't supposed to walk to school anyway because of her hypermobility syndrome; I've been pushing her in the wheelchair since Christmas.

ds has been dxed with the same (hms) but not had serious problems so far: tonight it looks like he might have subluxed his hip joint.

So what do I do tomorrow morning if he's still not walking?

even if I could magically rustle up another wheelchair from somewhere by 8.40 tomorrow morning (unlikely), how do I physically manoeuvre two wheelchairs along the road?

do I push her in the wheelchair and carry him on my back?

do I do two school runs and risk the truancy officer?

phone in sick for one or both of them and sit back and wait for social services?

or do I simply pull the duvet over my head and pretend I'm not there? this seems the most constructive solution to me

from what I remember from dd at that age, the fallout of her subluxes could last for weeks

just a slight logistic problem, you understand- what would you do?

Blimey Cory - that's just crap isn't it? I have to say that I would be inclined to phone the school and say you can't get them in and then spend the day on the phone to SS and anyone else who will listen until something is done. It is utterly ridiculous that you have been left in this situation and I hope that you are able to get something sorted.

I would phone the school and see what they say. They might suggest that you keep them both at home or know of someone who could call round to help.

day of school
no way you can do it.
then as suggested ring ss and get help.
hopefully school transport will be sorted for you.

Cory, i can't help you but i do wish you good luck.

I'll be thinking of you tomorrow morning when i do the school run (and i will not grumble about my lot)

I'd say you'd be perfectly justified in calling the school and keeping them off for the day and find out if you can have transport arranged or work sent home until the walk becomes possible again.

Oh, thank you everybody!

In the event, it turned out not to be so bad, as ds's hip was better this morning; he was sore but able to walk into school.

We are waiting for dd to get transport sorted; the council are just taking a long time. Perhaps I should put in an application for ds too. The problem is their condition is so totally unpredictable: I don't know 5 minutes before we set off whether they'll be able to walk or not. So it's much harder to get anyone to support an application if they've seen ds run madly around the playground the previous day.

When dd was ds's age (7), she sometimes got halfway to the school and then fell. Which I could cope with then - I picked her up and carried her on my back- but I can't do that when it's the two of them.

I just needed the reassurance that I was right in having a hide-under-the-duvet moment- thank you all! Feeling sorry for Cory moment has now passed- until further notice!