The trip home

We started by 9am on Monday, July 5, 2011.  The night before was rough but we were ready for the long ride.  We talk to the kids and told them we were going to try to drive straight through, other than stopping for gas we were'nt stopping.  We needed to make it to Reno, daddy was getting worse.  He was disorented, then there were those times when he knew the exact place to turn, the exact freeway or if we were driving to fast.  During the drive it was me driving, daddy passenger, and momma and priscilla in the back seat.  I wanted to keep daddy alert so I would talk to him about past history and ask questions about grandpa and grandma.  Daddy was freezing, it was hot, in the middle of the desert and we had to keep the heater on high because he was so cold.  I would turn the heater on then open the back windows on low for momma and Priscilla because he always noticed if they were any lower.

We were driving for three hours when the oxygen ran out and we had to pull into a abandoned gas station to remove the tubing and put the tank in the back.  It was kind of funny because when we pulled over, others cars pulled in thinking it was an open gas station.  Now we were really worried because there was no oxygen and daddy's breathing was labored.  We were nowhere near a functioning town. 

Twenty minutes later we pulled out, the kids were great, they didn't complain at all.  Did there bathroom breaks, got their drinks and off we were again.  Now it was a long stretch of highway and daddy's eyes were getting worse plus the itching.  I gave him some benandryl and when he drank the water he started choking and stopped breathing,  I started screaming and hitting daddy on the chest, "daddy not now, not now!" while pulling over to the side, then Gadiel pulled behind me, then Badoll.  Daddy caught his breath and ordered to get back on the road.  We never had a chance to get off the car, I pulled out, then Gadiel, then Badoll.

An hour later we were at a regular gas station with restrooms, got off for a bathroom break, including daddy, drinks, and a quick meeting on where we were at and how much farther.  We decided we would try Winnemucca which was about another two hours away, maybe they would have a decent hospital.