Sadly this trip my mom (just 2 months after hip replacement) fell getting into one of the kayaks on the second day and broke her Femur. I must point out I have heard that is one of the most painful things you can do. So here's to my mom the Rock Star who wanted to wait it out and see if it would be better the next day. {Of course we didn't realize how serious it was a first.} We finally decided that she would need more medical attention than our awesome cardboard and towel splint. We drove her in our ski boat to the marina where we had an ambulance on stand by. The paramedics quickly decided that they would indeed need to call for life flight witch they already had on stand-by. They would have to take her to Flagstaff where they had a trauma center. Dad would follow in his truck {a two hour drive} and my brother Ron was great and drove from him home in Payson to the hospital and was able to be there around the same time as mom. It was really hard to see her fly off and have a big sense of helplessness. It was a long night driving back to Face Canyon in the black of night but even harder just waiting to hear any news...
Arriving at the Marina
Park rangers assessing her needs
Life flight landing on the boat ramp
trying to move her out of the boat
Dad and I look on as she is loaded into the helicopter
It was really sad the next day as Angie packed up their room. Then we would see dad's V8 juice still in the fridge and get sad again. We love our Mom and Dad dearly and it was a hard week. They were very much missed.
P.S. If you ever have the need Life Flight will pick you up where ever you are if they can land. They told us they would have come right to the beach where we were camping. Good to know although I hope to never need to use that again!
