July 18, 2008
Hospital Runs
I have made three runs to the hospital in the last twenty-four hours. All of them for the same camper. On the first run I broke my time record from camp to the emergency room (7 minutes). That was exciting, but after that it got kind of old.
Update
Based on some of the comments, perhaps I should add a few details. The camper in question was a young lady who suffered from low blood pressure and a broken heart. Trip number one was made with her in the back seat of the car in convulsions. One of our male counselors was restraining her, and the object of her affections was in the front seat next to me.
Trip two came after she had returned to the camp, and at that point informed us that before fainting she had fallen and hit her head. Fearing a possible concussion, we took her back to the hospital. This was at about 2am.
Trip three was the next morning. She had come down to watch some of the sporting events and had a small fainting spell. This was due more to lack of eating breakfast than anything else. We put her on strict rest and made sure she ate.
On the way back from trip three she asked all kinds of questions about how her boyfriend had responded to her crisis. She was evidently satisfied with the answer, and--coincidentally I am sure--demonstrated a marked improvement from that point on.
Posted by Andrew on July 18, 2008 5:21 PM.
Comments
Posted by: Las Vegas Hospital at July 18, 2008 6:09 PM
I hope the camper is okay. We will pray for the camper (God knows the details!)
Posted by: Pregador27 at July 18, 2008 11:14 PM
Reminds me of my first summer at Lamoka - the only summer I was an assistant dean. Three times in the same day. Not sure that any records were broken. The record breaking happened when Joseph and I chased you and David to catch up with you and reconnect you with your plane tickets you had left behind after Grampa's funeral. I think Joseph still remembers that ride as well as one to the Hamilton Hospital. :-)
Posted by: hhcomings at July 19, 2008 10:47 PM
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What does the camper have. Is the camper sick from bug bites or is he allergic to something? Three times and going on fourth is a little excessive but you have to watch over the kids.