Need a driver for my motorhome (possibly)

[Desertfoxie]

Hello Everyone...this is my first post. We are Snowbirds in SW Arizona heading back to Michigan around mid-May BUT i am thinking that for the first time ever we might need to investigate hiring a driver for our class A motorhome due to the fact that my husband has started getting TIAs (mini-strokes) and I am worried in case he gets one while driving us 2200 miles home. Any advice or suggestions as to what I should do? I dont know where to look to find a driver...we belong to Good Sams but since it is not a medical on-the-road emergency they cant help me but did suggest using the forum here as a starting place. So any ideas would be appreciated. (We have seen the doctors and had the tests, but there is nothing medically to be done for prevention except take the blood thinners which he is doing...and he has had two more TIAs recently. It is scary..suppose he has one while driving?...it only takes a second to lose control of your Big Rig).

[ets1996]

Sorry to hear about your husbands medical situation I have heard Good Sam and others such as FMCA have some kind of service to get your RV home should you have a medical situation while traveling I would think your situation would qualify. That being said others on this forum may have info on drivers. Also are you planning to travel to Arizona next winter? If you do not use your RV at home during the summer possibly you could store your RV in Arizona and fly home then fly back next winter. Good luck and get well soon

[Scottiemom]

First, I am surprised his doctors have released him to drive if he is currently experiencing TIA's. Shame on them. Whenever my husband had trouble with arrhythmia, his doctors would not allow him to drive for 6 months. I don't think it was even a legal thing. . . they just said don't do it. It only takes a fraction of a second to lose control of the coach and no scenario from that point on would be good. What if he wiped out a family on the road? As of now, my DH hasn't driven our 40 diesel coach on a long run since 2009. I do all the driving. And for the record, he has been cleared to drive, just chooses not to.

You need to learn to drive your coach. Take lessons, have someone teach you in your coach. Just do it. Barring that, I would find a place to park your rig for the summer and fly home. I am assuming you have no friends or relatives who would be willing to come drive it home. You may find someone who can take the time to do it, but the best case scenario is for you to learn to drive. I mean, at what point would you feel safe with your husband behind the wheel? If your answer is never, and you don't want to drive it. . . time to sell probably and buy a park model if you want to continue snowbirding. He should not be driving period.

Dale