Day 4

Beautiful Monument Valley at sunrise. We all get up without much sleep to capture the sunrise. 

We head to the visitors center.  
this may be amazing... 
Adam is setting up, Dan is setting on the stone wall. 
When all of a sudden He drops... He passed out... 
He fell right on his face. Someone calls 911... we are in the middle of Nowhere,  the ambulance took about 30 or more minutes to get there. 
He did have a seizure while on the ground... 
I prayed sitting  next to him on the ground.  He is white as a ghost.  G-d is in control.  I think I am in shock.  
Tw people stayed by our side and helped us till the ambulance got there. Lim, and a beautiful young  lady. To them I will always be grateful.  
The Ambulance takes him to Blue Mountain Hospital in Utah. An hour away. 
No one is allowed in the Ambulance.  Adam and I pack up the room, and head there too. 

As we head to the hospital we had to stop and take some photos of the "Forest Gump" spot.    We looked at each other uncomfortable.....  then said... Dan would want us to get this picture... we we talking about it last night while getting eclipse photos 

We saw the ambulance as we got to the hospital,  we talked to the EMTS, they said Dan had another seizure in the ambulance. 

Omgosh,  not what we wanted to hear

Altitude sickness,  dehydration,  exhaustion.  The seizure was caused be the hit to the head... 

(He has been fine since we got out of the hospital) 

They did a CT Scan  on his head.
All tests came back great. 
All his blood work came back great. 

He has a big gash on his forehead.  

They hydrated him, made him get up and walk around.. eat a little.  

He is discharged... He is super fatigued.  We head to Durango  Colorado.  

We find a nice hotel and we all chill for the rest of the day. 

Thanking G-d that it wasn't worse.. but, still keeping a watchful eye on Dan. 

Till Tomorrow... 
Good night, I am pretty exhaused too.  

Comments

  1. AnonymousMay 17, 2022 at 7:35 AM

    So glad it wasn’t anything more serious.

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  2. AnonymousMay 17, 2022 at 10:49 AM

    Hope he continues to recover quickly and that the rest of your trip proceeds without any similar events.

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  3. AnonymousMay 17, 2022 at 9:06 PM

    Prayers for all of you! Hopefully a good rest and he will be feeling better. Lots of water or Gatorade zero!

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