To Quote Forrest Gump...

     Mike and I decided to visit Charleston.  We weren't looking for a tropical vacation, just something a little bit warmer than New Jersey.  So, we got in the car at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, February 10th, and we drove south.  We decided to stop in Lumberton, North Carolina the first night.  We claimed our room at the Best Western, and went across the street to dine at the Texas Steakhouse.  Mike's gastroenteritis (the most polite way I can describe it) began at 2:00 a.m.  By 9:00 a.m., he let me take him to the emergency room.  Thus began our three day stop over in Lumberton, NC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumberton,_North_Carolina
http://www.ci.lumberton.nc.us/

     Mike was admitted to Southeastern Health.  http://www.srmc.org/main/ I'm familiar with Virtua in Mt. Holly, and Mike is familiar with Kennedy in Stratford.  Southeastern had pleasant surprises for both of us.  Every room is a private room.  All the rooms have a full bathroom with a shower. Patients can turn out all the lights and shut their doors, so no one has to put up with light and noise from the hall or other rooms,  Each room has a wide sofa that can be made up into a bed, so relatives can stay over.  There was even a mall two blocks away.

Poor Mike

      

My crib

     Mike was rehydrated, and he ate his grits, so he was allowed to leave Wednesday, February 13th.  We continued on to Charleston where we saw this license plate that seemed to sum it all up.

As Forrest said...

      
     Thanks to Dr. Reed, Dr. Kumar, and Dr. Rodriguez.  Also Nurse Sara, Nurse Nicole and CNA Jackie.  There were a host of others, but we are old, and we couldn't retain all the names.