
When Roy developed double vision on Christmas Eve, we faced a number of scary tests and unknowns. As a gifted 28-year elementary teacher in mostly inner city schools, Ray was used to working with difficult situations. But after teaching countless children how to read, he couldn’t read himself. Nor could he drive. As a wife, […]
Ronald & Faye Jacobsen Harlan, Iowa While wintering in Harlingen, Texas in January of 2010, Ronald and Faye Jacobsen attended a SkyMed presentation at Sun Valley Acres Park. Faye said, “We listened to the presentation given by Doug and Shirley Palmer and we signed up for a five-year Ultimate membership, not knowing we would ever […]
Ralph and Genet Dixon were in Springfield, Missouri, when Ralph became ill. Writes Genet, “Ralph had lost quite a bit of blood, his blood pressure was dropping, and he was becoming quite weak. We went to the emergency room at the local hospital, and Ralph was admitted immediately.” The Dixon’s decided they would prefer to […]
“While traveling home to Michigan from Perry, Georgia my husband became very ill. We made a stop at the local emergency room in Sidney, Ohio, where he was admitted with an infected gall bladder and emergency surgery was immediately performed. Continued Lucille, “I made a call to SkyMed advising them that I may need assistance […]
While not an uncommon sight across the Texas valley, it is always a highly emotional experience when a friend or neighbor faces a critical medical crisis and they are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of miles from home. Such was the case with the Boesewetter family when it was determined that Holiday Rambler Recreation Vehicle member Norbert […]
Marv & Elaine Niehoff from Melrose, Minnesota “Following a very short illness, Marv was diagnosed with a very aggressive adeno-carcinoma of the lung. No treatment was possible and he wanted to go home. We were wintering in Arizona. We had the good sense to take out a membership in SkyMed 3 years ago. When Marv […]