19th November,2011
While we were bush camping between Mundrabilla and Madura Mike became ill. We stayed there for two days hoping it would pass but while he improved a little he was in no state to ride. A very nice couple Janet and Ken from Perth offered to take us to Madura so we accepted. When we got to Madura the staff there were very helpful, they rang the area nurse at Eucla who insisted that Mike be taken by ambulance to see her. We left our bikes and gear at Madura roadhouse’s garage and went by and ambulance 200ks back to Eucla where Wendy and area nurse, she covers 1,500 kms , diagnosed Mike as having Meniere’s, which causes vertigo, dizziness and nausea. Wendy gave Mike a Stemetil injection and some tablets to take with him as well as ordering rest and plenty of fluids. We stayed at Eucla for a night then got a lift back to Madura where we are resting and waiting for Mike to recover.
A week later. Ross, the flying doctor saw Mike today when he flew into Caiguna for a clinic and has given him a clean bill of health, the vertigo will probably never recur
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