Ken officially spent the first half of July in the hospital. We expected the last trip back to Madison to be a short one designed to tweak his electrolyte imbalance, but it turned into a week long stay. We were then home a handful of days before needing to go to a local hospital, which resulted in another week long stay away from home. As we hung out at the UW Transplant Unit during the 4th of July weekend, we could not help but notice the greatly increased helicopter activity!
While we do not know the reasons for all of the helicopter landings, we do know that a lot of people were NOT having safe fun. We also know that there is a strong correlation between the increased travel to Wisconsin in the summer and the number of transplants that occur during this time.
As
I finished up this post we heard another helicopter landing on the pad
nearby. That makes it more than a dozen landings so far today. We sure
hope you all are having SAFE FUN this summer!
I definitely work at staying safe!
ReplyDeleteI have been on about 7 commercial flights in the last three weeks. I have also driven to IN, KY, and W. Illinois. I could be safer! When driving it's important to be aware of construction workers, even when you're not in a construction zone! It's summer! Tis the season to have many roads in IL under construction!
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