Stay hydrated!

Disneychick75

DIS Veteran

Joined

Jan 19, 2014

• Apr 27, 2015

• #1

On Friday, we were at IOA having a great day when my daughter's boyfriend had a seizure. My friend in college was epileptic and this seizure looked a lot like that-very serious. Luckily some people were close to him and prevented his head hitting the cement. EMS arrived and he was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center. Tests were run, including CT scans, blood work, etc. and no cause could be found. He was kept overnight. The ER doctor said that dehydration could have caused it.
I will post this on the Theme Park board as well as a heads up. Be safe and drink lots of water.

 

damo

Proud Redhead

Joined

Jan 1, 2001

• Apr 27, 2015

• #2

Oh geez. I'm glad everything turned out alright!

 

CyndiLooWho

DIS Veteran

Joined

Apr 20, 2009

• Apr 28, 2015

• #3

Yup, it's no fun. Dh pulled ds16 from a backpacking trip at the midpoint a few weeks ago b/c he got dehydrated (28F overnight will suck all the water out of you, too!). He didn't seize, but came close. He thought he didn't need to worry so much about drinking water with it being so cold. Now he knows. And he's required to carry an extra liter of water to school every day to get used to sucking in some extra. :/

I'm glad your friend was ok.

 

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gunderda

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Joined

Mar 25, 2015

• Apr 29, 2015

• #4

I just bought a waterbottle specifically for my trip to Universal and WDW. It's suppose to keep things cold all day long so my plan is to fill it up with ice in our room and clip it to my camera bag and fill up with water at the parks. Hopefully it won't be too heavy and annoying lol

 

HM

My tag from the Tag Fairy is now too long to use.

Joined

Mar 8, 2001

• Apr 29, 2015

• #5

gunderda said:

I just bought a waterbottle specifically for my trip to Universal and WDW. It's suppose to keep things cold all day long so my plan is to fill it up with ice in our room and clip it to my camera bag and fill up with water at the parks. Hopefully it won't be too heavy and annoying lol

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If you find it is too heavy and annoying after your first day, be aware that the CS restaurants will give you a free cup of ice water is you ask. Whenever you need something to drink, you can just divert into a CS place and drink up.

 

CyndiLooWho

DIS Veteran

Joined

Apr 20, 2009

• Apr 29, 2015

• #6

We think a 1 liter bottle is too much to wear on a belt, so we use a disposable water bottle and refill it over and over during the day. Then we recycle at the end of the day. I generally just take a case with us and take 2 into the park each day. Works great.