Help- get me to the Hibiscus emergency room quick!

Hey everyone...big problems here in New Orleans, hope someone can help.

I had to go away for a week an a half on business, and I've come home to a complete mess despite giving very detailed instructions to our house sitter (obsessive, really...lol- I made a color coded map, showing who needed to be watered when and how much).

We've been having ungodly heat and humidity here, coupled with a drought. Well...of course, I left, and it got even hotter PLUS there were several massive downpours, and from the looks of it, possibly even hail. Hibs took the worst of it. Near as I can tell, they've been baked, starved and then sat on my flooded patio, drowning. She even watered them on the few days it poured, while they were sitting in water! Don't know whether to laugh or cry on that one.

They're whithered, dropping leaves, looking gnarled and miserable. I've taken all I can in and put them in the kitchen which has a big back wall of windows and is basically a greenhouse. They're drying out pretty quickly and are protected from the worst of the sun...but what else can I do? I had gotten ahold of some Messenger before I left...should I use it on them? What about hib fertilizer... I'm not sure if that would stress them more or be helpful in this situation...

Any help from the docs at Dave's would be great!

Put them in a shady spot for a few days, let them dry out,not to the point of desert dry..but still let them dry some.No fertilizer that will only compound the problem.they may stay wilted even though they are drying out.Thats because some roots were lost from all the water.Mist the leaves with a spray bottle several times a day and just wait it out. new roots will grow but be careful not to overwater again .Keep them out of the rains way too till they recover.do not repot them either.thats another strees they don't need right now..last but not least..take your house sitter out to a bayou for a long walk off a short dock. Gator bait for sure... LOL
Kyle

:-)))) Kyles is tough on inept plant sitters; I would hate to see what he will do if he ever catches his plant snitchers.

Tess, follow Kyles directions and your plants will be fine. The weather is freaky all over the country this year. I am afraid a lot of us will be watching the plants more carefully for a while.