Stu flown to hospital

[Donna-lee]

Oh what a way to see in the new year in New Zealand. Stu was feeling okay so decided to take our two boys tramping for three days going about an hour each day. Yesterday I got a call from him to say he was lost, his heart was playing up and our youngest son had an infection in his foot. So I called the police who mounted a search and rescue operation. He was located thanks to his GPS and a chopper flew in to pick them up unfortunatly due to cloud it couldn't get them. About 2 hours later a second chopper was called in and they were winched out. The boys were both fine but not Stu his silly heart was going stupid and he wasn't able to breath properly most likely due to the stress of it all. So he spent last night in hospital. The ecg looks fine so its more of the same stress and panic making his heart, mind and body out of sync with each other. Just when everything seems to be going okay for him and us.

[Thinline]

That is horrible - how are your sons? The one with the infected foot ok?  They must have been a bit traumatised by this whole ordeal.  I hope they also got a ride in the helicopter, at least that would have been a "cool" experience for them to tell their friends and make the whole horror of the situation a bit less traumatic.  Just the getting lost bit would send me into a total panic.  On the positive side, the new year can only get better for you and your family after a start like that!  Best wishes for 2008.

[Artaud]

Hi,

I have read the trials and tribulations that you and Stu have been through (the rhyme was unintentional ;-)

I wish you the best for the Near Year, and thank God that you and Stu have each other. As medical techniques trod along, amazing strides are made. May 2008 bring greater understanding to the complexities of arrhythmias, with new and successful treatments.

We have just received a GPS unit for Christmas, we don't know how we lived without it. We are not world travelers, but we are travelers. We rent a country home (if you look-up modest in the Dictionary, you may see a photo of it ;-), and driving through the dirt roads where the Amish live near this home was always challenging. Not with the GPS though, dirt roads and all are preprogrammed in it from the factory. I am glad that Stu had such a unit with him to aid in his recovery.  

HAPPY NEW YEAR to You, Stu, and Family.

[Momto3]

Oh my!!  That is a crazy way to begin 2008!  Tell Stu, that'll be enough of those escapades.  Maybe he should stay at home for a bit....Glad to hear the EKG looks fine...whew!

connie