I brought this up last year and I'm bringing it up again. Not long after this incident I had some kind of attack at the lease. Doubled me over. I finally had my lease partner drive me home, 247 miles to the hospital. After tests I was told my gall bladder was gangrenous and had to be removed. I'm glad someone was at the lease with me. Had I not come in when I did the Dr. said I could have had serious repercussions.
In fact, the day I got sick, the phone company was installing the hard line. LOL! However, my airmed insurance was not paid up. It is now. I have all three of them.
October 2016:
My lease partner was in Fredricksburg last weekend running the sound for a band. He had a heart attack and was airlifted to Methodist TexSan hospital in San Antonio. There are two helicopter ambulance services that serve the hill country, AirLife and AirEvac I believe. He thought he had both services, but had not renewed one of the services. He found out yesterday that the service that flew him to San Antonio was the one that was current and paid. He got lucky. The hospital told him that had the other unpaid service picked him up he would have received a bill for $52,000.
My buddy had 99% blockage in one artery, he got a stent and he is going to have a full recovery.
I've been thinking about this for a couple of seasons now. Our lease has no hard line phone service. If something happens you have to drive a 4 wheeler to the top of the mountain, dial 911 if your lucky enough to get a signal, and then give them the lat/long.
This incident has convinced me to make the call.
I want everyone who lives in the rural areas and has those helicopter policies to make sure that they are ALL up to date and paid. And, to the several members here who hunt in SW Texas near Dryden, Pumpville, Sanderson, etc., it may be worthwhile to call Big Bend Telephone service in Alpine and get a hard line installed.
Everyone be safe!
In fact, the day I got sick, the phone company was installing the hard line. LOL! However, my airmed insurance was not paid up. It is now. I have all three of them.
October 2016:
My lease partner was in Fredricksburg last weekend running the sound for a band. He had a heart attack and was airlifted to Methodist TexSan hospital in San Antonio. There are two helicopter ambulance services that serve the hill country, AirLife and AirEvac I believe. He thought he had both services, but had not renewed one of the services. He found out yesterday that the service that flew him to San Antonio was the one that was current and paid. He got lucky. The hospital told him that had the other unpaid service picked him up he would have received a bill for $52,000.
My buddy had 99% blockage in one artery, he got a stent and he is going to have a full recovery.
I've been thinking about this for a couple of seasons now. Our lease has no hard line phone service. If something happens you have to drive a 4 wheeler to the top of the mountain, dial 911 if your lucky enough to get a signal, and then give them the lat/long.
This incident has convinced me to make the call.
I want everyone who lives in the rural areas and has those helicopter policies to make sure that they are ALL up to date and paid. And, to the several members here who hunt in SW Texas near Dryden, Pumpville, Sanderson, etc., it may be worthwhile to call Big Bend Telephone service in Alpine and get a hard line installed.
Everyone be safe!
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