John and Eloise

While we were serving our mission in Nauvoo, another couple came several months after we got there.  They were also an FM couple.  As the time went on we became great friends.  Last year we asked them if they would like to come to Nauvoo and work the security team for two weeks with us.  They agreed and we found ourselves together again.

Everything was going along just great with working together.  Eloise and I worked backstage almost every night except when one or the other of us worked the 2-6am or had the night off.  Pat and John worked together in the handicapped parking lot each night they were on as well.

We shared meals together and did a bit of touring together.  We did spend some time apart but lots of time together.  On the second Wednesday night we were having dinner at the pageant building and Eloise asked me if a carton of chocolate milk was mine.  I told her that I had mine.  Then she asked if the glass of water in front of her was mine.  Nope.  A minute later she asked again if the milk was mine.  I thought it was really weird and wondered to myself if she was having a stroke.  We were off that night until 2am so we were sleeping when John called me as he was locked out of the house.  He said he was really worried about Eloise as she was acting strange and was going to take her to the E.R. as soon as their shift was over.  I got Pat out of bed and we went to the stage and covered their last two hours so he could get her there asap.  

John came back at 4am and said they ran every test they could think of and nothing showed up.  He was really worried about her as was evidenced on his face.  He was up early the next morning and back to Fort Madison to the hospital.  I called him later that morning and he informed me that she had a UTI.  That explained a lot!  We visited her in the late morning and she was looking great but had no recollection of Wednesday.  By Friday afternoon she was out of the hospital and they were able to finish out their assignments on our last night.  

It was such a scary time and we prayed for she and John.  It was such a wonderful time to be with them for an entire two weeks.  I thank God for bringing these wonderful friends into our lives.  How we love them!