It's so hard when people need help not to infantalize them. At least he won't get much sympathy that it was your fault if he uses the excuse, "my wife woke me too soon to get here in time" :-)

I got frustrated with my husband this afternoon who "didn't see" me walking down the middle of the street with a cat on my shoulder, in the rain, right in front of him.

I'm glad he went out for a bit and that you're on the West Coast so you have some time still (it's almost dinner time here on the East Coast).