I am having all the symptoms of heat exhaustion. I get extremely weak, blurred vision, headache, and unfocused. In times past, this lasts about four days or so. After that, I begin to feel normal once again. Roger has offered me a quiet place to lay down, a cool house, and plenty of good company. Right now, it is exactly what I need.
July 19, 2013
I am writing this today from the home of a close friend who lives along interstate 81, in Virginia. Roger and I have known each other from childhood, and been close friends throughout all the years. Forty years ago I was his best man, and witnessed his marriage to Helen Zenda. I have also known Helen since our childhood days. Over the years Roger and I have worked together, shared a house together, and shared our dreams and plans together.
Yesterday I received help along the road from a trail volunteer who was driving past. He stopped when he saw my pack on the ground and became concerned as we talked. Thankfully, he had a cooler of iced beverages in his truck, and shared a coke and some ice for my head and neck to help cool me down. Roger traveled the highway south, and has brought me here to get out of the heat and assess the situation.
I am having all the symptoms of heat exhaustion. I get extremely weak, blurred vision, headache, and unfocused. In times past, this lasts about four days or so. After that, I begin to feel normal once again. Roger has offered me a quiet place to lay down, a cool house, and plenty of good company. Right now, it is exactly what I need.
Once again, I ask for your prayers. This has been a roller coaster journey and I am determined to ride it until the end. Down inside, I think that I may have reached that point, although it hurts to think in those terms. I am trying right now to process the whole endeavor, and determine what happens next. My mind is not clear at this point and my emotions are mixed strongly together with my ability to reason.
Right now, I am staying cool and trying to stay positive.
I am writing this today from the home of a close friend who lives along interstate 81, in Virginia. Roger and I have known each other from childhood, and been close friends throughout all the years. Forty years ago I was his best man, and witnessed his marriage to Helen Zenda. I have also known Helen since our childhood days. Over the years Roger and I have worked together, shared a house together, and shared our dreams and plans together.
Yesterday I received help along the road from a trail volunteer who was driving past. He stopped when he saw my pack on the ground and became concerned as we talked. Thankfully, he had a cooler of iced beverages in his truck, and shared a coke and some ice for my head and neck to help cool me down. Roger traveled the highway south, and has brought me here to get out of the heat and assess the situation.
I am having all the symptoms of heat exhaustion. I get extremely weak, blurred vision, headache, and unfocused. In times past, this lasts about four days or so. After that, I begin to feel normal once again. Roger has offered me a quiet place to lay down, a cool house, and plenty of good company. Right now, it is exactly what I need.
Once again, I ask for your prayers. This has been a roller coaster journey and I am determined to ride it until the end. Down inside, I think that I may have reached that point, although it hurts to think in those terms. I am trying right now to process the whole endeavor, and determine what happens next. My mind is not clear at this point and my emotions are mixed strongly together with my ability to reason.
Right now, I am staying cool and trying to stay positive.
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