February 17, 2020. Playa Royale, Mexico. Heat Stroke.

The sun is hot here in the Tropics. Even when the sky is overcast, you can get hot. You can get fooled because the breeze always feel cool. Lots of folks at the pool and the beach sit out in full sun all day. Still, we have yet to have a case of heat stroke...until now. Saturday was partly cloudy. Rita and Ian went to the pool mid morning. They both sat in the shade of a palapa. They came up for lunch, then returned to the pool. Rita was reading in the shade when she fell asleep. The sun moved but Rita did not. When she woke up she felt hot so immediately got into the swimming pool to cool down. She stayed in the pool for 30 minutes. But she did not feel good so at 5:30 she came over to me and we both went to the condo. But she felt queazy so I suggested she lie down , which she did. Gaby cooked dinner and we ate while Rita slept. When she woke up she had an upset stomach so she drank a cup of chamomile tea and ate 2 crackers. And she went back to bed. We all decided that she had gotten overheated while she slept in the sun and that she had an old fashioned case of heat stroke. Yesterday Rita kept a low profile. She ate a piece of toast for breakfast and promptly took another nap. In the afternoon she watched golf on TV. By dinner time she was able to eat. This morning she and Ian went for a long walk but she stayed away from the pool. We are so careful to stay in the shade but this time, no one else was with Rita to tell her to move. And she suffered the consequences. Heat stroke is not a good thing. By tomorrow, Rita will be back to normal. And we will be more careful in the future.