In the winter months, Randy and Diane Hill like to travel around the US seeking new adventures with their two dogs, Monty and Zephyr. While in San Diego, California, Diane began having trouble breathing. Randy rushed her to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with a Pleural Infusion (water in the cavity around her lung). […]
Dr. Bruce Erdmann, and his wife Meri Sue, were enjoying Easter Day in Naples, Florida. After watching TV for a couple of hours, Bruce stood up and felt discomfort in his chest. He began to sweat profusely and turned white in color. Soon a neighbor, an internal medicine doctor, was driving him to the hospital. […]
Patricia DesLauriers, an American X-Pat living on the Island of Providenciales in the Turks & Caicos Islands, describes her SkyMed experience when she had taken a bad fall and shattered her knee cap. She states, “The small hospital on the island could not handle this emergency as I needed immediate surgery. The hospital staff stabilized […]
Robert and Patricia Young had just arrived for their vacation at Simpson Bay Resort in St. Maarten. They were looking forward to a great time as all their children and grandchildren were with them. On the first night after arriving, Patricia walked into the bathroom and slipped on a rug on a marble floor. She […]
“It was just a normal day in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and I was putting water in my dog’s dish,” says Gayle Paulson. “My hip collapsed just like that and was broken. I woke up to find myself on my back and lying in my kitchen. My friend who was living with me found […]
“I was at my park model in Southern Aire RV Resort in the NE corner of Tampa, Florida when I had a fall,” says Lynn Halonen. “I knew I had broken something. I had been living with Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease). Within minutes, my neighbors had me in their car and on the way […]
