I am really feeling the need to write about recent chain of events. I will never be able to touch on the magnificence fully.
it has been alot. We own a home in St Pete , Florida. After Helene destroyed Western North Carolina (and much of our town St Pete ) where my 88 yr old mother lives and we were disconnected for several days we felt relief that she was safe and and against our recommendation she found her way out of there to safe haven with my sister Julie. She is now safe and sound back home in asheville.
Then came Milton headed for St Petersburg, Fla where Hannah lives and we own a home. Hannah has lived there now for 10 years and has never felt threatened by a storm but his time she said i think it would be best to leave, She was not in a mandatory evacuation zone but she felt threatened and decided it was best to round up her animals and go.
All the pet friendly hotels were sold out far and wide but we found a room in Perry, Georgia that was available and we figured 3 nights. She would have safe haven.
The night she arrived she started to vomit and she told me the next morning i cannot keep anything down. I told her , just focus on hydration. She got gatorade , pedialyte, water, ginger ale and ate nothing. Each day she said i think i am getting better but it was not convincing. Each day she said I am not ready to drive home , i need one more night. Even after power was restored in her home she is saying i need one more night in the hotel. that just did not make sense .
It has now been 5 full days and she has had nothing to eat and has become progressively weaker. I finally told her i was going to call 911 to the hotel as she did not feel safe to drive or to uber. She did not protest which is telling. They took her to the Perry Hospital. Her potassium level was critically low. She has to be admitted to the hospital and i am thousands of miles away.
If you know my daugher Hannah, she would NEVER leave her animals in a hotel in Perry Georgia and go the the hospital especially by ambulance. It shows me how sick she is.
The kindness of the front desk of the hotel... they are going to be sure Fiona her little Pomeranian is taken out of the hotel room and they will make sure she has food and water. Humanity remains.. I told Hannah that the hotel was going to do this and she said Thank you.
The story goes on and on for her good friend, Winnie and Hannah's neighbor , Dan, that we barely know in St Pete. they have been tending to our house that had minor flooding, They did not have to but they have protected our home in St Pete by shop vac'ing it. going to home depot and buying a dehumidifier and two fans for the house and then going over several times to empty the dehumidifier. People caring for other people because it is the right thing to do.
What a crazy week. We do need each other. we just do. I am profoundly touched and hope to hear that Hannah is much better in the morning. if not I will be on the next plane out.
xo
stacia
it has been alot. We own a home in St Pete , Florida. After Helene destroyed Western North Carolina (and much of our town St Pete ) where my 88 yr old mother lives and we were disconnected for several days we felt relief that she was safe and and against our recommendation she found her way out of there to safe haven with my sister Julie. She is now safe and sound back home in asheville.
Then came Milton headed for St Petersburg, Fla where Hannah lives and we own a home. Hannah has lived there now for 10 years and has never felt threatened by a storm but his time she said i think it would be best to leave, She was not in a mandatory evacuation zone but she felt threatened and decided it was best to round up her animals and go.
All the pet friendly hotels were sold out far and wide but we found a room in Perry, Georgia that was available and we figured 3 nights. She would have safe haven.
The night she arrived she started to vomit and she told me the next morning i cannot keep anything down. I told her , just focus on hydration. She got gatorade , pedialyte, water, ginger ale and ate nothing. Each day she said i think i am getting better but it was not convincing. Each day she said I am not ready to drive home , i need one more night. Even after power was restored in her home she is saying i need one more night in the hotel. that just did not make sense .
It has now been 5 full days and she has had nothing to eat and has become progressively weaker. I finally told her i was going to call 911 to the hotel as she did not feel safe to drive or to uber. She did not protest which is telling. They took her to the Perry Hospital. Her potassium level was critically low. She has to be admitted to the hospital and i am thousands of miles away.
If you know my daugher Hannah, she would NEVER leave her animals in a hotel in Perry Georgia and go the the hospital especially by ambulance. It shows me how sick she is.
The kindness of the front desk of the hotel... they are going to be sure Fiona her little Pomeranian is taken out of the hotel room and they will make sure she has food and water. Humanity remains.. I told Hannah that the hotel was going to do this and she said Thank you.
The story goes on and on for her good friend, Winnie and Hannah's neighbor , Dan, that we barely know in St Pete. they have been tending to our house that had minor flooding, They did not have to but they have protected our home in St Pete by shop vac'ing it. going to home depot and buying a dehumidifier and two fans for the house and then going over several times to empty the dehumidifier. People caring for other people because it is the right thing to do.
What a crazy week. We do need each other. we just do. I am profoundly touched and hope to hear that Hannah is much better in the morning. if not I will be on the next plane out.
xo
stacia
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