I would agree with Ace that you might be able to save the floors. One of the main reasons I was able to buy my house was because everyone that looked before me thought the old floors were completely trashed from years of animal "activity". I even found a source for old flooring to replace major sections of the floor. But, I found the right guy to refinish, and he was able to make 'em look great with very little replacement of old wood. I never would have believed it. This is in San Antonio, but I bet there's someone in Corpus who's really good with old floors.

The one thing about this hobby, it seems that no matter what you do or how careful you are, sooner or later you get a really wet floor!