We are still in WDW but all 4 of us left when they took John to the ambulance. Glad to hear we did not wreak the evening, we were worried we threw off the timing for the kitchen.
I guess I should explain what happened. As the main speaker was starting his presentation, my DH got up and said he wasn't feeling well. As he was walking out, he looked back at me and I realized he was going down. By the time I got to him, he was out cold on the floor right by the Harp. My friends ran right for John, as well as another person who was a doctor. Oh, both my friends are doctors as well. They were making sure he had a pulse and was breathing. He was out cold for about 2 minutes, with raspy breathing and his eyes were half opened but he was out cold. It was very scarey but try to realize that there were 70 people all around us, who had paid top dollar, and here we were. It was surreal.
The paramedics got there and John was already coherent and aware of his surroundings. They took him to the ambulance and did some tests, all of which were normal. I have to add, he did this same thing in July and spent the night in the hospital. It was decided his blood pressure meds were off and his pressure dropped too low. Well, this time, it turns out he was not feeling well all afternoon but told no one and all the doctors feel this caused his blood pressure to drop. When we get home, he will be seeing a cardiologist.
He does have a shiner from the fall and really has not felt well today, with a fever on and off. He is starting to perk up but now I have a slight fever
The staff at V&A have been terrific. There were 2 messages for us this morning, one saying there was a package for us and the other was from Israel, the matre'd, left at 1:30am, asking how John was doing, that he hoped everything was okay, and that they would call us back to get our credit card to refund the dinner. The package was from them, including wine and a truffle and book on wines. It was so thoughtful and generous to do that. They were so helpful when this all happened, I can't rave enough.
So, that is my story of how we tried to liven up the V&A signature dinner.