Expecting a baby during parent health struggle
I'm 37 weeks into a difficult first pregnancy and my father was diagnosed with Gillian-barre syndrome. I live in the Midwest and he and my mother live in the Northeast where I grew up. He's been in the hospital for over two months now and is essentially paralyzed, hopefully temporarily, until he is able to regain movement in his limbs which can take months to years from what we've been told of this horrible syndrome. It all happened so randomly and without any warning. I can't stop thinking about my dad and worrying about all of it. I love my family and was so excited to introduce them to their first grandchild. My mother is planning to come visit when the baby is born (originally they were both going to) but I don't know when my father will be able to meet my child. As a first time mom I'm really concerned about a plane ride and scared of a car ride in the winter as well. It doesn't seem like he will be able to travel for quite some time so I think my husband and I will have to be the travelers. But when is it a good time to travel with a newborn? And how? I don't know what to do and I can't stop thinking about it. I feel awful and I can't talk about this with my mom because she has enough on her plate, and I can't talk about it with friends and my husband without sobbing. Any friendly insight, internet?
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