So we are both out of the water in Utila.
My hand is coming along well, it went out on it's first drunken night and didn't get hurt, a big bonus and due to a lack of funds at the moment, it won't be happening too much.
But Meagan, she, the poor gal, has had a bout of Dengue Fever. Doesn't that sound like fun?! A few people have had it, and luckily it seems to be a milder strain than the Colombian horror stories I'd heard about. You basically end up in bed for a week or more with a crazy fever and then get a bit cranky and itch for the last few days. So the poor girl has not been the best at all, but she is definitely on the mend.
Internet is down at our shop on the island as well so all those skype calls I promised will have to wait a little bit.
We really don't have too much news, all we've done is bum about and rest up. We did have to try and dodge hurricane felix. Utila was evacuated and then the hurricane just puffed itself out and was no problem at all. It actually looked like for a moment that the place we had evacuated to, where my doctor was, was going to be flooded worse than the islands as the hurricane changed directions, but never fear it all worked out okay.
well best be off, much love to all
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Sunday, September 2, 2007
no more hand modeling
So we're both back together (yeah!) in Utila and Meagan is on the Aggressor this week while I am on some extended shore leave; I blame meagan's laziness for not blogging in the last week. She just bummed about Utila town and as she is not able to read this blog for a week, or so, i'll get away with saying this.
All is great with our new job, i loved my time on the vessel and i know meagan will do as well.
The only major hitch we (actually, just I) have right now is that i smashed my fingers in a weather tight door after just a couple of days and am out of work for two months. Even the doctor said I did a good job of it.
So although i am typing one handed i will try to give a little story for those that want to know other wise it is pretty safe to say that i am lucky to still gave the ends of my middle and ring finger on my left hand.
Early in the morning i went up to the wheel house to talk to the captain, opened the big metal door, was knocked off balance by a little wave put my hands out to steady my self and then... bang! the door slammed shut on my fingers. So i found my fingers jammed in hinge side of a door that is designed to have nothing come through it in even the biggest of storms.
I'll take photos soon and put them up on the blog...or maybe not.
So we headed to the nearest hospital, about 90 minutes away, where they did nothing but scare me at the level of service and expertise. So my lovely boss had his plane fly out and pick me up, fly me to San Pedro Sula, have a friend pick me up and drive me to another hospital where his surgeon friend did a great job of piecing the ends of my fingers back together. I was very very very grateful for his help. It was the only time i got a bit teary, when Shara (a co-worker from the boat) was describing all that had been organised and was about to happen. I felt tears well up in gratitude and then they soon abated before leaving my eyes as the bills started to get written up.
After 5 days in hospital, surgery, a bunch of drugs and bandages; my hand is still bleeding a little bit but i have all my fingers. What is going to work and what it will all look like is a bit unknown, but it will depend on making sure that i don't get an infection and i stay still and relaxed. I thought about coming home.... and then realised that i'd probably just be more bummed about not being able to drink, hike, party and shave fisky, baz and wises eyebrows off.
So i'll be here for a bit, in and out of hospitals and reading and studying about fishes. Probably trying to improve my spanish as well.
I hope everyone is good, i don't have much to do over the next few weeks so if you have a skype account or a phone number send it to me and i'll be in touch, cheap internet phone calls, and bad movies will dominate my life for the next little while.
much love to all,
Courtney
PS - i won't be here when the hurricane (Felix) hits, and meagan will be safe with the boat, so don't worry too much... but still throw an odd pray in for the hurricane to lift and head north.
All is great with our new job, i loved my time on the vessel and i know meagan will do as well.
The only major hitch we (actually, just I) have right now is that i smashed my fingers in a weather tight door after just a couple of days and am out of work for two months. Even the doctor said I did a good job of it.
So although i am typing one handed i will try to give a little story for those that want to know other wise it is pretty safe to say that i am lucky to still gave the ends of my middle and ring finger on my left hand.
Early in the morning i went up to the wheel house to talk to the captain, opened the big metal door, was knocked off balance by a little wave put my hands out to steady my self and then... bang! the door slammed shut on my fingers. So i found my fingers jammed in hinge side of a door that is designed to have nothing come through it in even the biggest of storms.
I'll take photos soon and put them up on the blog...or maybe not.
So we headed to the nearest hospital, about 90 minutes away, where they did nothing but scare me at the level of service and expertise. So my lovely boss had his plane fly out and pick me up, fly me to San Pedro Sula, have a friend pick me up and drive me to another hospital where his surgeon friend did a great job of piecing the ends of my fingers back together. I was very very very grateful for his help. It was the only time i got a bit teary, when Shara (a co-worker from the boat) was describing all that had been organised and was about to happen. I felt tears well up in gratitude and then they soon abated before leaving my eyes as the bills started to get written up.
After 5 days in hospital, surgery, a bunch of drugs and bandages; my hand is still bleeding a little bit but i have all my fingers. What is going to work and what it will all look like is a bit unknown, but it will depend on making sure that i don't get an infection and i stay still and relaxed. I thought about coming home.... and then realised that i'd probably just be more bummed about not being able to drink, hike, party and shave fisky, baz and wises eyebrows off.
So i'll be here for a bit, in and out of hospitals and reading and studying about fishes. Probably trying to improve my spanish as well.
I hope everyone is good, i don't have much to do over the next few weeks so if you have a skype account or a phone number send it to me and i'll be in touch, cheap internet phone calls, and bad movies will dominate my life for the next little while.
much love to all,
Courtney
PS - i won't be here when the hurricane (Felix) hits, and meagan will be safe with the boat, so don't worry too much... but still throw an odd pray in for the hurricane to lift and head north.
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