Thanks for your input. My mom's in Florida (north of Tampa), I'm in Michigan, so I'm trying to deal with this from a distance. Several issues are contributing here. First, my mom's not a fan of doctors, in fact, she hadn't seen one in years before this. She worked in a hospital as an EKG tech for years, so she's pretty astute about heart attack symptoms, but anything else is pure avoidance. After the D.O.'s diagnosis, she waited a week before telling anyone, finally calling me, but not wanting to tell anyone else. I knew nothing about bladder cancer when she called, so I didn't know what questions to ask and she didn't have a lot of details for me.
If she can't manage to get in quicker in Florida, I may try to get her in to see someone here in Michigan (northern suburb of Detroit). Either way - anyone have good recommendations on doctor's in either area?