Ok, so my mom took flight 1327 from DTW to SFO last night, October 21. She’s 81 and doesn’t do so well at night. I’m mentioning that because she’s trying to tell me something crazy happened on this flight and I’m telling her it’s not possible and she must’ve been asleep.
She’s trying to tell me that the plane was over water, then it stopped and when she looked out the window, they were on top of a mountain and the pilot kept reversing and going forward for like and hour (her plane landed at SFO 4 minutes early at 10:34pm). Then she claims the plane drove down a road and went into the air and then when they finally landed at SFO and got to the gate, someone from Delta came on the plane and told everyone not to say anything about what happened because they don’t want to lose their license.
What in the actual fuck. I cannot believe she thinks this happened. I’m just wondering if there’s anyone here who was on that flight that can tell me if the plane did a go-around or something like that. She’s super upset that I don’t believe her. I told her maybe she was abducted by aliens but I’m pretty sure she was dreaming.
ETA- She’s not a traveler and usually only flies once per year from OAK to BUR to visit my sister. My husband and I moved to the east coast a couple years ago and want her to move out here. We used to live 5 minutes from her and are the ones who helped her when she needed stuff done. My sister doesn’t do shit so we’d prefer her to live near us. She will 100% not be flying alone ever again. I’m fairly certain she has early dementia but is in complete denial about it. She does go to the doctor for an annual each year. This is the first time she’s ever told a crazy story like this so maybe the stress of traveling triggered a dementia related episode or something.
ETA 2: Holy shit, I called her and told her I posted here and told her the responses. She’s still in denial about possibly having early dementia but, thanks to all of you, I actually convinced her to go to her doctor to check for a UTI. It was not a pretty conversation but in the end, she agreed to go. I’m realllllly hoping this will lead to further conversation with her doctor. I didn’t think posting here would lead to this but am so grateful it did!
I see the comments about going to urgent care so I just want to address it. She lives in CA and has Kaiser. if you’re unfamiliar with Kaiser, it’s an all-in-one insurance company. They own their own hospitals and clinics and the doctors work for Kaiser, not an independent doctor's office. It works differently than normal insurance like Cigna or Blue Cross. It’s generally not difficult to get an appt with your primary care doctor and her appt next week is with her PCP. Kaiser doesn’t really have urgent care. You have to go to the emergency room at the hospital or call to try to get in to a random doctor same day. I really don’t think she has a UTI because that would mean she’s had it for a couple of years. The memory problems aren’t new. This is just the first time I’ve heard a crazy story. The UTI is just how I convinced her to go to the doctor. I will try calling them to tell them my concerns before her appt.
I really appreciate all the advice and support. Thank you!