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.