It could have been better........ or worse..... (again)

Well... How do I start. Yesterday was not good day. Jose woke up in the morning and could not breathe. She said that she could not take her bags downstairs. I was afraid that she was having a heart attack. My first call was to Norm, where he said, go ahead and talk with the hotel. That is when the fun started... Within 5 minutes we had 4 EMT's, the entire sheriffs department and if there had been enough parking, a state trooper in the hotel room. So off she went to the clinic. In Eureka, where we were staying, there is not hospital. If there is a medical emergency, they call the PA and he meets the ambulance at the clinic. I with a nice sheriff (the first time I have ever ridden in the back of a police vehicle (I swear!). After about an hour or so of evaluation, they decided to ship Jose off to the nearest hospital - Elko 120 miles away. Eureka was an amazing helpful town. The hotel we were staying at, let us dump all of our stuff in a closet so that we would not have to pay the extra night. I rode up to Elko to stay with Jose. She was still in the ER when I got there. At that time, she was still in denial thinking that I had overreacted. Mad is probably an understatement for her thoughts. (Glad that she was not in a cage behind me while I was on a bike ;-) )
We met with the cardiologist where he said that he wanted to keep her overnight – and they did. Now, she is getting to take a stress test tomorrow. If good, she cages home with me and the adventure continues. If not, she flies home and I iron butt the trip back home on Baby. We will keep posted. Say lots of prayers.
I did want to expound on Eureka. We had several people offer to ride/trailer/bring Jose’s bike and our stuff up to Elko. The hotel clerk Ula Garrison, offered to have her husband ride the bike up if we needed. In addition, the ambulance driver also offered to ride Jose’s bike up. We opted for the ambulance driver Joyce Jeppson. Primarily, because she was a woman and well, it just seemed fitting. Jerry and Joyce (along with their applehead chiwawa Maggie) brought everything - her bike and all of my stuff as well (about 300lb of pack in total) We cannot express our gratitude to the city of Eureka. I believe that had we been anywhere else, Jose would not be taken care of as well as she was. God once again was looking out for us!