Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : Context; we're both just about 16, (our birthdays are in early December) so obviously neither of us can drive and he cant medically advocate for himself in our state (NY). We've been together for 3 years (4 in January), so this isnt a new family member. 

Yesterday afternoon he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (the hereditary one, you're born with it but sometimes it only manifests later in life) and we spent 7 hours in total between travel and the hospital due to things moving slowly; 30 minutes being tossed around between the clinic and ER, 40 minutes until he could get a blood draw, an hour and a half for the results of said blood draw, 2 hours for the ambulance transport to arrive so he could be transferred to a bigger hospital, etc. He's being admitted for a couple days and hopefully will be released tomorrow after an educator comes in to teach him how to manage his condition, but the doctor said it could be up to a week if figuring out an insulin regimen doesnt go smoothly. 

His mother is nearly illiterate, and he doesn't have a father in the picture or any other family member capable of staying with them for her sake. He's plenty smart enough to handle it himself, but information doesn't go to him much since he's a minor. Another concern is that they live below the $20k income line and if Medicaid/catastrophic health insurance doesn't cover something there's no way they'll be able to pay for it on their own. 

I want to go up and bring him his phone charger, own pajamas and the book we have to finish reading for a class. Plus I just see him for a bit to make sure everything is alright with his treatment. Problem is, I need someone to take me and my mother refuses until after dinner at noon. The hospital is a 1-2 hour ride and she isnt willing to drive that much for me or him because my college freshman brother is home for Thanksgiving and he's the golden child, which is what it is. 

In the middle of writing this my grandma just showed up, just about told my mom to go fuck herself, and we're off like a prom dress. 
Now the issue is that my mom is going to be pissed once I get back for "ruining her thanksgiving", but I dont care. 