We spent the day at St. John's Hospital in Rolla, MO. This was obviously not on our original plan, but sometimes plans change. Lorie has continued to get weaker and weaker and feel worse and worse, so we knew we had to do something. We took her to a clinic this morning, but after seeing her and hearing her symptoms, they said we needed to go to the emergency at the hospital.
We could not have asked for the hospital to be nicer. They took us in right away and began to listen to Lorie and try to figure out what was wrong. The conclusion was that she probably has a very nasty bug and it just hasn't worked its way out yet, even though she has been ill since July 9. They gave her something to stop the vomiting and control the nausea and that has already helped her to feel better. They said to push liquids as much as possible, eat yogurt, and rest.
We are staying in Rolla again tonight. We were released from the emergency room at about 3:00. We went and got a room and put Lorie to bed. Then Elizabeth and I went to get her prescription filled. Those of you from small towns will appreciate the directions the hotel gave us to get to Wal-Mart: "Go down to the large cow and turn right. Drive to the first big intersection and turn right. Go down the road and you will see Wal-Mart." Guess what? The directions worked. Lorie's insurance also worked for which we are thanking God!
We are in the hotel tonight and hope that we can be on the road again tomorrow.
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