Internet Explorer VBA Automation Error: The object Invoked has disconnected from its clients - vba

Question

I'm trying to write code that will read a value from Excel, look it up in an internal web based system and store the results back in the Excel. It reads the Excel with no problem, opens Internet Explorer with no problem, but when I then try to reference what's been opened, I get the above error. The line "ie.Navigate url" works, but the next line "Set DOC = ie.Document" generates the error. Any ideas on what's causing this? Here's my code:
Public Sub getClient()
Dim xOpen As Boolean
xOpen = False
Dim row As Long
Dim xL As Excel.Application
Set xL = New Excel.Application
xL.Visible = False
Dim wb As Excel.Workbook
Dim sh As Excel.Worksheet
'Change the name as needed, out put in some facility to input it or
'process multiples...
Dim filename As String
filename = "auditLookup.xlsx"
Set wb = xL.Workbooks.Open(getPath("Audit") + filename)
xOpen = True
Set sh = wb.Sheets(1)
Dim ie As Variant
Set ie = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
ie.Visible = True
Dim DOC As HTMLDocument
Dim idx As Integer
Dim data As String
Dim links As Variant
Dim lnk As Variant
Dim iRow As Long
iRow = 2 'Assume headers
Dim clientName As String
Dim clientID As String
Dim nameFound As Boolean
Dim idFound As Boolean
Dim url As String
While sh.Cells(iRow, 1) <> ""
'Just in case these IDs are ever prefixed with zeroes, I'm inserting
'some random character in front, but removing it of course when
'processing.
url = "https://.../" + mid(sh.Cells(iRow, 1), 2)
ie.navigate url
Set DOC = ie.Document
'Search td until we find "Name:" then the next td will be the name.
'Then search for "P1 ID (ACES):" and the next td with be that.
Set links = DOC.getElementsByTagName("td")
clientName = ""
clientID = ""
nameFound = False
idFound = False
For Each lnk In links
data = lnk.innerText
If nameFound Then
clientName = data
ElseIf idFound Then
clientID = data
End If
If nameFound And idFound Then
Exit For
End If
If data = "Name:" Then
nameFound = True
ElseIf data = "P1 ID (ACES):" Then
idFound = True
End If
Next
sh.Cells(iRow, 2) = clientName
sh.Cells(iRow, 2) = clientID
iRow = iRow + 1
Wend
Set ie = Nothing
If xOpen Then
wb.Save
Set wb = Nothing
xL.Quit
Set xL = Nothing
Set sh = Nothing
xOpen = False
End If
Exit Sub

Answer 1

Changing to:
Dim ie As InternetExplorer
Set ie = New InternetExplorerMedium
...
Solved the problem. Plus I did need to add back the Do loop mentioned in the comments:
Do
DoEvents
Loop Until ie.ReadyState = READYSTATE_COMPLETE