We got up this morning and had coffee in the lobby of the Hotel, then loaded up the car and had some breakfast. By 8am, we were on the road toward Hoover Dam.
At Kingman, Arizona, we stopped to get some coffee for mom at McDonalds and when we went inside, Dad got dizzy when he sat down. After a half an hour, he wasn't getting any better and since we were about to head across an hour of deserted highway, we decided to take him by the hospital and have him checked out.
Long story short - he's spending the night in the Kingman Hospital because they wanted to run a test that takes 16 hours. They're pretty sure his problem was a combination of dehydration and his blood pressure medicine combining to lower his heart rate enough to not get enough blood to his head. After they put a liter of saline solution into his veins, he was feeling pretty normal.
Mom is spending the night with him in the hospital (it's their 56th anniversary today) and Jan and I got a room in a hotel less than a block away. All of us are convinced that we'll be back on the road before noon tomorrow, but since dad did have a heart episode 4 years ago, it's certainly worth a day's delay to make sure there's not a deeper problem than is thought.
Expect the next blog post to have picture of us at Hoover Dam.
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