Surviving a deadly earthquake on a bucket-list vacation is nothing compared to fighting cancer.
A Maple Ridge family on a bucket-list trip escaped to Bali just days before a third major earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Lombok, raising the death toll to more than 300.
Logan Lay, 21, and her family were in Lombok for the final leg of their journey when a 6.9 earthquake hit Aug. 5, killing hundreds of people and flattening homes on the Indonesian island east of Bali.
Logan was diagnosed with brain cancer June 3, 2005, when she was eight years old. She went through seven years of solid treatment. She did three different cycles of chemotherapy and had brain and spine radiation, as well as multiple surgeries.
Logan started chemotherapy again for the fourth time and had been doing chemo since October of 2016. As of January 2018, she had finished eight cycles.
When Logan was first diagnosed, the family had decided to throw caution to the wind and started to live a bucket list.
Over 12 years, they traveled to 20 countries.
Logan, her younger brother Brody, father Jared and mother Jennifer Montgomery-Lay had been in Indonesia for a month and were in Bali on July 29 when the first earthquake hit the region.
That earthquake registered at 6.4.
91裸聊视频淲e woke up and Jared and I were like, 91裸聊视频�Woah, earthquake,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� said Jennifer.
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91裸聊视频淏ut it wasn91裸聊视频檛 anything like what we experienced in Lombok,91裸聊视频� added Jennifer.
The family decided to continue on their journey after doing research and consulting with geologists and friends.
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Plus, she said, if they cancelled the reservation, they would lose a lot of money, so they continued.
They arrived on the island of Lombok on Aug. 1 and on Aug. 5 they had just returned to their rooms at around 7 p.m. in the second floor of the three-storey villa they were staying at when an earthquake registering 6.9 on the Richter scale hit.
91裸聊视频淲e had only been in our room for probably less that 10 minutes and I had all of Logan91裸聊视频檚 medication trays out and was just reloading her medication for the tail end of the trip,91裸聊视频� explained Jennifer.
As she was opening pill bottles, it hit.
They heard cracking concrete and things smashing. Jennifer yelled earthquake. They ran to the adjoining room door where their children were.
91裸聊视频淲hen we ran to the door. Brody already had the door open and Jerod was just like,91裸聊视频橰un,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� said Jennifer.
The couple grabbed Logan, who was unable to run, and ran as fast as they could out of the villa and up a hill to a gathering station.
91裸聊视频淲e were worried because our villa was over this big ravine and it had a floating bridge stairwell that we had to get across that we were afraid was going to break,91裸聊视频� said Jennifer.
Jennifer estimates that first big earthquake went on for about 45 seconds to a minute.
As soon as the earth stopped shaking, Jared realized they had left all of Logan91裸聊视频檚 medication and their passports back in their room.
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Jared ran back into the building.
91裸聊视频淲e could see the building was cracking, but he had to go back in,91裸聊视频� said Jennifer.
Just as Jared ran back out again, everything in hand, the next tremor hit. Then another.
Then there was a tsunami warning. They ran as fast as they could up a hill to a highway, beyond which was jungle.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e like there91裸聊视频檚 no friggin way Logan91裸聊视频檚 going to make it up this hill,91裸聊视频� said Jennifer, who still had her phone on her.
So they figured how high estimates were for the tsunami and decided they were high enough to avoid danger.
Once the tsunami warning was lifted, about two hours later, the Lay family made their way back where staff found them a room in a bungalow area of the unfinished hotel.
91裸聊视频淭here was no power, we were completely in the dark, we were having multiple aftershocks. I think in an hour we had about 20,91裸聊视频� said Jennifer, adding that they didn91裸聊视频檛 get into a room until about 3 a.m., but they stored their belongings there and sat outside because they were so scared.
The following day, Jennifer estimates there were more than 100 aftershocks and the family felt that they should stay put. There were no flights off the island and no boats. They were getting images of frantic people gathering at the port waiting to get out.
91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 no way we can go there and have no food, no water, no shade, with Logan 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� said Jennifer.
They called the Canadian embassy, where they were told there was nothing that could be done for them. The Lays spent another night on the island and were evacuated after two more earthquakes hit.
91裸聊视频淭he second night we were evacuated, we ended up sleeping outside in the open air palapa of their lobby. Just like laying on mats together because we91裸聊视频檙e like there91裸聊视频檚 no way we are going back to the room,91裸聊视频� explained Jennifer.
The next morning at around 5 a.m. they decided to make their way to the port.
91裸聊视频淲e missed the first boat. But they were gracious enough to get us on the next boat,91裸聊视频� Jennifer added.
The boat ride was about six hours and another two-hour car ride to a hotel in Bali, where they planned to stay for a couple days to stabilize Logan.
91裸聊视频淲ith her tumour, we are just trying to manage all of the symptoms with a lot of medication and a lot of fluids and such through her tube,91裸聊视频� Jennifer said, explaining that Logan91裸聊视频檚 tumor affects her ability to regulate her blood pressure and her heart rate.
When she gets tired, she can91裸聊视频檛 control her swallowing.
By the time they got to the hotel, Jennifer and Jared were pushing 60 hours with no sleep.
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After a couple of days in Bali, the family are planning to fly to Bangkok, Thailand91裸聊视频檚 capital, for another couple of days before flying to Taipei, Taiwan, and finally to Vancouver on Aug. 13.
A 6.9-magnitude tremor struck Lambok again Thursday, killing hundreds more.
91裸聊视频淥ne day we are going to go back and we are going to remember the beautiful things about the island and we are going to remember how all the people took care of us and how everybody helped us,91裸聊视频� said Jennifer.
91裸聊视频淲hat people don91裸聊视频檛 really realize is that experiencing something like this on your bucket-list dream trip is nothing in comparison to being so terrified that your child is going to die for 13 years in your own home.91裸聊视频�
