Desperately seeking help for stubborn elderly parents.

[eyeontheprize]

My 74-year-old mother is ill and deteriorating but her doctors are unresponsive, to say the least. It's a long story, but she is suffering debilitating pain due to an injury three months ago which is aggravated by horrific medical treatment of her wounds.

My father called this morning and said that my mother had not been out of bed except to use the facilities since Sunday and that my mother is weak with a cough. Dad also said he called my mother's internal medicine doctor yesterday but that the doctor has not returned the call. My father believes that it is impossible to get an appointment with my mother's doctors sooner than two weeks out. If a situation is more urgent the office tells them to go to the er, which my mother refuses to do. I'm not on the authorized list to talk to the doctor.

I'm a 14 hour drive away, and due to my family obligations here it would be all but impossible to drive up there before Saturday.

Any suggestions?