No food! No water or bathroom and expected to stay in truck

OH MAN WHEN YOU THINK THERE IS NO WAY IT COULD GET WORSE IT DOES!!!!

So I wake up this morning because they closed I70 due to big truck and 4 wheelers crashing. get up with still plenty if time to get to where I am going and find out that I have to chain up.

Swift truck right beside me with another mentor and student and guess what? The mentor does not know how to throw chains but we got lucky and the student did. Go figure.

We both work on chaining up and I pull out and only get 7 miles up the road and all of the sudden the worse headache I have ever had in my life. I could not even hold my head up to drive. Pulled into a commercial vehicle parking area and started to really get sick throwing up and so on.

Now remember I have not had anything to eat since the day before in the AM. NO water in the truck just warm coca cola. I called DM to tell her there was no way I could even drive and they re powered the load.

Woke up around 8PM and felt better so I call DM to see where I can go to get food and water because everything that I have found is way way up the road. So they send me to exit 203 going east bound.

Thanks to the driver who re powered the load for bringing me advil. This really saved the day.

I start down Vail pass and it's snowing hard and I am now empty. Get to the bottom and take the Vail exit to do a turn around to go back east. Now I still have my chains on and I will be ###### if I take them off until I get to area where they will not be needed.

Going east now and hit a bump and my new quailcomm comes flying off the dash and hit me hard in the knee. I'm talking I have a huge hole in my dash now! #### that hurt but I keep pushing on.

Get a few miles up the road and I hear a loud boom followed by air leaking sounds. WTH can this be! get to a safe spot to pull over and thought it was one of my steers the way it was riding extremely rough on the front right.

Blew the air bag by the right drives. ###### I am not going to get stuck out here another night! I need to eat!! Go slow and finally arrive at exit 203 and see another Swifty broke down on exit ramp. Pull into ski resort hotel and another Swift truck is there only they are outside looking at me pulling in wondering what the hell that loud noise was coming from my truck.

I got out and told them what happened and they immediately handed me a bottle of water. Thank you guys I was extremely dehydrated. They do not have enough fuel to make it to thier next fuel stop. Not even enough for them to stay in the truck and idol. It's cold up here when I came in it was 10 degrees out.

I said to hell with all this I am getting a hotel room and called Swift and they sent the money to me. Not gonna mess with on road tonight will do it in the morning. WTH is going to happen next? I just want to drive the truck!!

Earlier today I had to call 911 that was how sick I was. I just wanted some water and they told me to go to Vail but there was nothing there. I should have just rode in the ambulance. Man I did not know anything about altitude sickness until today and don't wish this on anybody.

A few good things I have learned on this trip! Always have water in your truck even if it is in the summer. Food would be nice as well. You never know when you are going to get stuck and up #### creek!

Don't do like me and be a dummy and learn the hard way. Make sure you know how to chain up and you have the correct number of chains on your truck. Also make sure they are in good order and they work.

My white Swift truck is now one big icicle and is almost brown. It was shiny white until I pulled into Colorado west of Denver.

So now I am alright. Sickness gone and sitting in a ski lodge for the night. Doing some laundry and really gonna enjoy those big fluffy pillows on the warm bed I will be sleeping in.

I imagine tomorrow I will need to be towed and just as long as it's not a Swift terminal I will be happy. Maybe I can get them to paint my little end cap thingy as well.

 

Thought I would post this for others if you get sick and you where fine just an hour ago. I was somehwere between the 8000 and 12000 feet. Not sure on this.

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Acute mountain sickness

High altitude cerebral edema; Altitude anoxia; Altitude sickness; Mountain sickness; High altitude pulmonary edema
Last reviewed: January 15, 2009.

Acute mountain sickness is an illness that can affect mountain climbers, hikers, skiers, or travelers at high altitude (typically above 8,000 feet or 2,400 meters).
Causes, incidence, and risk factors


Acute mountain sickness is brought on by the combination of reduced air pressure and lower oxygen concentration that occur at high altitudes. Symptoms can range from mild to life-threatening, and can affect the nervous system, lungs, muscles, and heart.
In most cases the symptoms are mild. In severe cases fluid collects in the lungs (pulmonary edema) causing extreme shortness of breath. This further reduces how much oxygen enters the bloodstream and reaches vital organs and tissue. Brain swelling may also occur (cerebral edema). This can cause confusion, coma, and, if untreated, death.
The chance of getting acute mountain sickness increases the faster a person climbs to a high altitude. How severe the symptoms are also depends on this factor, as well as how hard the person pushes (exerts) himself or herself. People who normally live at or near sea level are more prone to acute mountain sickness.
Approximately 20% of people will develop mild symptoms at altitudes between 6,300 to 9,700 feet, but pulmonary and cerebral edema are extremely rare at these heights. However, above 14,000 feet, a majority of people will experience at least mild symptoms. Some people who stay at this height can develop pulmonary or cerebral edema.

Symptoms


Symptoms generally associated with mild to moderate altitude illness include:

• Difficulty sleeping
• Dizziness or light-headedness
• Fatigue
• Headache
• Loss of appetite
• Nausea or vomiting
• Rapid pulse (heart rate)
• Shortness of breath with exertion