At the end of this month Hubby and I are taking my 85 year old mother and her friend to Mallorca, (a Spanish island in the Mediterranean). Well, this week my mom has had extreme chest pains, but all EKG tests and blood samples show nothing. The doctor said he has no second thoughts about her flying because it's only an hour and half flight. But gee...what does he know?!

We don't get the money back for the cancelled trip, but that's not the main problem. It's this 80 year old friend of my Mom's, who is flying extra over from America for this vacation!

I spoke to my brother…he says Mom's heart problems are there, no matter where she is…and we should grant her this "last" wish. I'm thinking, what if we are out somewhere in the boondocks, and she gets an attack! What if the flight does a number on her heart? My mother wants to go, but she wants to fly in a gas balloon as well…so much for that.

Oh man. Am I hyperventilating? … Okay …. now I know what that's like.
What would you do?