“My wife and four of our friends were enjoying a gorgeous day snow skiing at Okemo Mountain in Ludlow, Vermont. I have been a professional ski instructor for many years (now retired) and have never had a skiing injury, but something went wrong that day. I read a ridge in the terrain wrong and […]
I became very weak while on vacation in Cancun. I went to the hospital where they checked my blood and discovered my hemoglobin levels were only 1/3 of normal. I called my hemotologist in Kalamazoo, MI who said I needed to get a transfusion to stabilize my condition and then get home. When we called […]
Donald & Thelma Preston Ypsilanti, Michigan While my wife and I were wintering in Zephyrhills, Florida, I discovered blood in my urine. I went to an Urgent Care doctor who treated me for an infection, but I didn’t get any better with antibiotics. Five days later I went to the ER and was admitted right […]
Don Sweet – San Francisco, California My wife and I had been traveling in Russia and this was our first time taking the winter cruise between St. Petersburg and Moscow-Minsk. After three days on the cruise I noticed I had blood blisters here and there and bruise-like marks on my body and went to see the […]
Charles & Donna Bond – Philadelphia, PA 20th Century Wagontrainers’ member has heart attack in Florida While wintering in Sebastian, Florida, my husband Charlie had a heart attack and more… he aspirated. I took him to the emergency room and he had another heart attack while we were waiting in the ER. It seemed as […]
Marvin & Deanna Pitts – Prescott, Arizona My husband, Marvin, had a major stroke on February 18, 2014, and when I recognized what was happening to him, I knew I had to act quickly so I drove him to Yavapai Regional Medical Center in Prescott, Arizona, about 15 minutes away. I went in and told […]
