Well I'm home finally. Got home from Columbus regional around lunch.
Looking back on Sunday I'm not sure when I should have taken a break. I do know I didn't eat much at lunch and had no apetite I do recall having some leg cramping mid afternoon. But at no point did I ever feel like I was entering territory I hadn't experienced before. That is until we started back to the parking lot. I didn't walk the road. I went straight across the range in order to get to my truck and AC as quick as possible. I think that power walk was the heat stroke icing right there. I should have laid down in the shade instead of heading for the truck.
Time i got to the truck I had what sounded like hair driers blowing in my ears. Wasted no time getting on the road. I live 20 minutes from the range when my head isn't swimming from too much heat but it took me 30 to pull into the drive. Had to have my son help me in the house. Got inside and jumped into a tub full of cold water. I figure things would start to get better pretty quick once I got my temperature down. Nothing doing. Things didn't improve and at some point there was a sudden realization that I was in much bigger trouble than I initially thought.
Had the wife call the ambulance since I was dealing with diarrhea and vomiting and knew I would never live down messing her car
Got to the hospital still feeling like I was gonna die(no really) and they got me hooked up to two IVs one with magnesium and one with potassium. Half an hour later I had a siezure from my sodium levels fluctuating wildly. Evidently,while I was out, I tried to bite through my tongue as the whole right side of it is purple and bloody.
They finally got me stabilized after a cat scan and oxygen for a while. I don't remember anything after about a half hour after we got to the hospital until Monday morning. Even then my memory was spotty and unreliable at best. My wife said at one point when she asked me who she was I didn't recognize her. I struggled to find the right words for normal conversation most of the day Saturday.
Feeling some better today but my body feels like it was beat by five guys with sticks for an hour. Mind is still foggy and slowed.
I did enjoy the shoot though, right up to when I got in trouble. Ill do it again but IT WILL NOT BE HOT WHEN I DO!
Thanks to the volunteers and to Alan for the loot, maybe I'll win something next time!
Wow.
Really glad you are home and doing great.