Terri I can’t imagine being this sick car camping! Bless your heart. So glad you were able to get yourself home!
SusieQ, it’s amazing your very old water heater didn’t burst before you changed it! Ours in the Memphis house, which lived in the attic, did rupture and caused over 10K damage to the main floor of the house. Two years prior, when we were buying the house, the inspector warned us it was getting time to change the heater. And then I just plum FORGOT. 10K penalty for being old and forgetful! We went back home to our main house in Mississippi and changed out the water heater there, just because it was getting old too.