Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Prayer for Peter

Peter has been working really hard to keep up with our schedule.  At times it's been rough on him.  He works the leather which he totally enjoys doing... he drives the RV which he insists on doing and he takes care of the tanks, dumping and filling which is necessary.
There have been lots of stress this year, the RV is getting older and we've been doing lots of driving down some very bumpy roads (literally)  The frame is messed up where the tag axle connects and needs about $4000 in repairs which we probably won't have available until fall.
This last weekend we were in Monroe MI and the trailer got a flat tire, I got some of the guys who work at the fairgrounds to switch out the flat with the spare so we were good there, but then the steps decided to stop working which is very hard for Peter to pull himself up into the RV without.  One of the wires shorted out and I'll be able to repair it when the weather is better.
He also used his bicycle this last weekend to ferry special leather orders back and forth from the RV to the tent which is quite a strain on him.
So he was very tired when we took off yesterday afternoon from Monroe. We got down the road about half way to Indianapolis and stopped for the night just north of Ft Wayne IN at a KOA there.
I unhooked the trailer so we could get level and hooked up the main electricity but he still insisted that he had to go out and hook up the secondary to run both airs since it was still hot and muggy all night long.
He was shaky inside yesterday, felt very depleted and super tired.
This morning he felt better and we had light breakfast of cereal and banana.  I went into Staples to take care of ordering more business cards that we'll pick up on our way to WI in a week and when I got back things had changed.
He was pale, sweaty and said that he had thrown up involuntarily which is VERY unusual for him.  He said that his stomach was cramping and he was in alot of pain.  I got him a bental which is for that and we drove over to walmart to finish shopping.  
 I got out of walmart about an hour later and he's asleep in his chair still in alot of pain.  He's now lying down in bed and expecting me to awake him soon so that we can get down to Indy.



1 comment:

Bob Rockhill said...

Tell Petie I'm praying for him. He needs to come back and rest in dear old California with us. You can come too! Get better Petie. We love you!