We were out of town in Chicago last year and I tore one of my contacts. Called my doctor and they faxed my prescription to the nearest vision center and within 3 hours I had new ones. Please call her doctor and see if this can be done. You have enough on your plate to drive another 200 miles to get her meds. One or two days without drugs should not make her condition worse.
If you use a chain pharmacy like CVS, any branch has the prescription information available. And once a year they can refill in less than a month because of a vacation or other issue and our insurance at least will pay.
Sandra has just started on Medicare. We used to be on Medco mail order so no chain can help. I am hoping maybe a Dr. in Austin might have some samples. We are planning to be here a week as our son is having knee surgery in the morning.
Briegull is correct. Your doctor can order a 7-10 day supply from an Austin drug store. (Or his nurse can..) I would find the pharmacy, use your cell phone to call from there and then hand the phone to the pharmacist for the telephone orders. We use Medco as well, (DuPont Preferred Provider) and I've had to do this. Medco will allow an "emergency" Rx at an Austin drug store. I'd just leave them out of the loop, call the doctor early and they'll work it out. Otherwise, do you have a neighbor with a key? Overnight mail works too. I have found myself in your situation when I took ONLY one pill tray on a trip(big mistake), and ended up staying longer than a week. I learned my lesson. :-(
I was able to get a script called in to Walmart and all is good. I hope we left them at home now. It will be another fire drill if we get home and we still can not find them. There is no telling where she put them.
He is back in his apartment tonight and we will be here all week taking care of him. He had his knee rebuilt after a biking accident and messing up his ACL.
Well, except for SOME states. Nebraska does not allow the 'once a year vacation' thing. You need to get approval which can take 72 hr or pay yourself and ask for reimbursement. One more complication in life.