Rep Power: 0

So I've had pretty good luck with my 2006 Honda civic hybrid. It has 126,000 miles on it. Had it checked out awhile ago and all was well. I noticed recently that it sounded like my wheel bearing needed to be changed. We had a friend offer to replace it. Well in the process the brakes were damaged and fluid was leaking from the brakes. When we saw the lights on we took it to our trusted mechanic (who we should have used In the first place) as we drive it over the Ima battery light came on I knew this was going to happen one day but is there any way this is a false alarm due to the problems we had?? It just seems ironic that this would all happen at once. We will take it to the dealership and have them diagnose it, but I know if we have to replace it it's very expensive. Any thoughts? Has anyone had any any luck replacing the battery affordably?