This, of course, isn't the ideal way to turn vegan, but notice that their blood pressure and blood sugar was the best in years. Perhaps it is the food we eat.... They really should watch www.forksoverknives.com before they begin their journey out of the fast.
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PORTLAND -- An afternoon drive turned into a desperate fight for survival for 63-year-olds Jon and Pat Norvell.
They were trapped five days in their snowbound Jeep Cherokee. They had no food other than a few jellybeans, no medicine and no water, only snow.
"The snow was a good foot and a half on top of the Jeep," said Jon Norvell as he walked around the Jeep.
"We knew all we could do was sit there and wait," said his wife, Pat Norvell.
The couple slid off a remote forest service road Monday after having lunch in the small mountain town of Cougar, Washington. They planned to take pictures with the new camera John got after retiring last month. "I wasn't worrying about taking any pictures while I was sitting there worrying about how we were going to survive," said Jon.
Both Jon and Pat have diabetes and left their insulin at home in the refrigerator. They also take medications for high blood pressure, cholesterol, anxiety and pain. For five days they took nothing but snow they melted in a water bottle.
"Every time we got into the car I layed it on the dash, so when I turned on the heat I'd send it to our feet and up to the dash to melt the snow," said Jon.
They conserved a half tank of gas, by turning on the motor for only five minutes at a time. Two blankets helped keep them warm as the worst snow storm of the winter buried their Jeep and covered all tire tracks.
Their worried family had no idea where they were and search crews didn't know where to look. All the Norvell's had was each other.
"She helped me a lot. I thought I was getting hypertension because I started to breath heavy, but she calmed me down," said Jon.
"All I could think of was getting back to my cats and the new dishes we just bought and of course my grandchildren," said Pat.
The loving couple of 38 years played cribbage and cards to pass the time. Then on Friday afternoon, when they were starting to get desperate, something happened they can only describe as pure luck--or a miracle.
"In fact I was going out to potty and I see this lady standing in front of a Toyota Truck," said Jon. "She says, 'Do you need help?,' and I said, 'Yes, yes!'"
Despite days without food or medication, the Norvells said they felt pretty good. Their grandson, who is a firefighter, checked them Friday night and their blood pressure and blood sugar readings were some of the best they'd seen in a long time.
They said never again will they travel somewhere without telling someone where they are going. They also said they have never felt closer to their family, which has always been very close.
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