...we chose Glendale, Utah for our next stop because it was halfway between Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park...little did we know it was also only 30 minutes from the nearest hospital....we arrived on Monday, toured Bryce on Tuesday, visited my cousin on Wednesday and Thursday, toured Zion National Park...Thursday nite around 10:30 pm, our friend, Jim, who had had a cough for a couple of weeks and it was getting worse, decided he wanted to go to the emergency room in Kanab, the nearest town... x-rays confirmed double pneumonia....oxygen and breathing treatments were immediately begun....Saturday, he was to be released only the doctor discovered a blood clot in his leg...treatment was then started to dissolve the clot...he was finally released on Wed...almost a week later....as he was sitting in the wheelchair looking great and ready to go, he began having chest pains...we all thought the worst...an ekg was immediately ordered and it was negative...thank goodness, the pains were from the lack of oxygen from taking the tubes out when he was getting ready to go ....Bill wheeled him our and his sons loaded him in the car and off to eat a good breakfast before the long trip to Phoenix...we stayed with them until Flagstaff, Arizona....we took hwy 40 to head to Texas and they drove south to Phoenix...they arrived home that evening...Jim has seen his regular doctor and is on the road to recovery....he was a real trooper...our prayers are with him as he will have a few months before he gets his strength back....
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