How long can you drive car if wheel bearing is going?

On Wednesday afternoon while I was driving home from work, the passenger side front wheel bearing started to make loud noises on my 2001 maxima (135,000 miles). Thursday I drove about 10 miles on it to and from lunch. Friday I drove 40 miles (to and from the airport). Saturday 12 miles (this was a holiday... most auto repair shops and car rental places were closed), Sunday 6 miles and Monday morning another 5 miles to the auto repair shop.