Prayers for the Preacher
 

As you know, I take an annual trip with my Pastor to Martha's Vineyard with his sailboat.

Our first day saw us leave the Severn and run up the bay to the C & D Canal. We usually go through the canal and anchor opposite it in Delaware Bay. This year, the evening was going to be so pretty (clear skies, half moon for light, and favorable tide); we decided to travel down the Delaware Bay to Cape May N.J.

This is normally day two of our trip, but we arrived in Cape May early the next day for a good breakfast, shower, and a quick nap.

We left Cape May at 2pm and headed up the coast for our next destination, Sandy Hook. Along the way, we heard a weather report calling for some rain and building seas later that evening. This was nothing unusual for us. We travel in rain all the time. But, because we were a day ahead in our trip, we made the uncharacteristic decision to pull into Atlantic City and get a slip:eek:

We went into the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino and ate a nice meal. We took showers at Farley State Marina, and we bedded down for a sound sleep.

At 4:45 am Ed and I were awakened by the Preacher with these words, "Marty, Ed, I'm in trouble". We jumped out of our bunks and asked what was the matter. The Preacher couldn't breath. He was struggling for every breath.

We immediately called 911 and assistance was swift to arrive. He was taken off the boat unresponsive. A breathing tube was inserted and I rode to the ER with him in the ambulance.

Later that morning, he was transferred to a "Heart Hospital" and I went with him to Atlanticare Regional Medical Center in N.J. He is in ICU and awaiting surgery.
His family arrived and Ed and I brought the boat back to his slip in the Severn.

He has a long road ahead of him. Prayers for him and his family would be appreciated. I just returned from "buttoning up" his boat.
Prayers for the Preacher
5th (Marty)

It sounds like it was a good thing you chose a slip that night or help wouldn't have been so readily available. Time is of the essence in situations like that.

Prayers sent- I hope he has a quick recovery.

Prayers sent

If it was not so serious - has to be a joke in there.

Lucky - if it can be - that he had trouble at the dock , not out at sea where help would be slow to arrive.

Drs said if we were not at dock but on the water, there's no way he would have made it. He said the Coast Guard would have been doing a recovery not a rescue.

Prayers sent.

bhl (Bruce)

It's good that it happened the way it did. Prayers sent.

Very sorry to hear about your Preacher's situation. How is he doing at this point?

Surgery today:D
He still has some fluid around the lungs, so that has to be addressed.
He's far from being out of the woods.

I hope I never have to experience anything like that again.
5th

OK - sounds like he pull through - so what really happened at the casino ? :D