After 4 nights there, Barbara was discharged from the hospital in Abilene, Kansas, on Monday June 22, and we spent the next three days and two nights on the road. We arrived home this afternoon around 4:30pm. Although very tired, Barbara was feeling much better on this last day of the ride home, and after eating a wonderful dinner delivered by our friends the Loper's, she is once again ensconced in her own bed, and will no doubt be very much better for a good night's rest.
Even though it did not end as we expected, we owe thanks to many folks along the way including
several Evergreen Club members who contributed to making this a wonderful trip. Their hospitality was exemplary, and we will treasure the friendships that we made with all of them during the trip west.
On the medical side, the aides, nurses, administrative staff & physicians of Urgent Care, and Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque; the Urgent Care Clinic in Limon, Colorado, and especially those at Memorial Hospital in Abilene, Kansas, all contributed to making the crises of the various moments of the trip more bearable, and in helping Barbara to regain her bio-chemical balance, and dealing with the effects of acute altitude sickness, kidney problems, out of control blood glucose levels, and abnormally high blood pressure, each of them made every effort to support and help us in our time of need.
More detailed recollections of the trip, along with some more photos will be posted later this week.
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ReplyDeleteI was expecting to check in at about your half way point to get caught up. What a surprise! I hope Barbara is doing better now that she is down here in the high temps and 90% humidity! Please let me know if you need anything while you are playing Florence Nightingale (there's a switch!).
-Charlie