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Gill, Douglas E.
1904
beginning to stiffen and hurt when walking as we wend down the side (which
was a relatively gradual slope). We finally got to the car, and Larry drove
me down to the main town. We found the Maui Memorial Hospital (it was now
midnight) and went to the emergency room. A nurse washed my filthy leg and
a doctor in casual clothes came in. He gave the wound a few shots of Novacaine,
cleaned it out and proceeded to suture it; three catgut sutures inside, three
silk outside.. Then a shot of Tetanus Toxoid. We left and found a small
greasy spoon Japanese-American restaurant. The waitress discouraged me
from having Japanese food so I settled for meat loaf. I must have looked
quite a sight: sad cap, beard, filthy shirt, one legged pants, and a limp;
also mismatched shoes. We then went down to the airport, found it closed,
parked the car, packed most of our gear then hit the sack in the car around
0200.
7 August 1964: We woke up around 0700 and completed packing. I wasn't
feeling that well and spent time in the john. Larry checking departure
times found all the planes filled up until noon except for one seat on the
0830 flight. We put our names on standby and sat down and waited. Our
car got a flat so Larry and the Car Rental man changed it in good time. A
place opened up and we were paged for it, so I paid for the car while Larry
carried our luggage in. I was hobbling about since my leg was really sore.
We boarded the plane with the mob and landed in Honolulu at 0930. Larry
called Dr. Ely to pick us up. We waited for about half an hour before they
(wife and son) came. After running two errands, and leaving Dr. Ely at one,
Janice drove us to the Hotel. We were informed that five of us would be in