Contrary to what you may think or to what I or any other uninformed person may have said regarding my abrupt return to the ships. It had nothing to do with the large scar on my face that appears to originate in vision-endangering close proximity to the left eye! No! it was NOT the result of my failure to jump high enough/fast enough when karla said "Jump"! Ok if you must know there was this pirate...... and that's my story and I'm sticking to it.... at least until I think of a better one!
On the 12th of December I flew out to St.Maarten to join the NCL ship the "SUN" that had left Miami a week before with out a senior Doctor. I will be with the SUN for 10 days in the eastern Caribbean and then I head for the "DAWN" which sets sail for the western Caribbean!
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| Why is that ship behind me grinning!!??? |
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| The hotel I stayed in the night of the 12th of December had a great beachfront view from the restaurant. |
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| I am not sure what makes the water around St. Maarten so green, ... |
But the Island is working hard to be green as is evidenced by these wind turbines that supply much of the
electricity for the day to day operation of the port.
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| THE WAVE POOL! The seas were rough enough on the crossing between St Thomas and Miami that the Main pool had to be closed because it had 1-2 ft of wave action (back and forth) and would have generated me a lot of business had not the crew wisely shut it down! |
Be careful what you wish for, or even utter in passing! The other evening at dinner I was discussing "what it's like" with a Nurse Practitioner/passenger and i verbalized how slow it had been on the cruise thus far! I really should have known better....! It wasn't long till we had a "code Alpha" the maritime equivalent of a code Blue! The passenger had passed out and done a face-plant into his food! Heart rate 23! Hyper K+, rernal failure ( no Hx ) etc..... No transvenous pacer on board, but fortunately the trans-cutaneous paced captured long enough for us to get his lytes in order and 8 hrs later (thanks to our captain who managed to cut 4 hours off the crossing) we cruised into Miami and off loaded the passenger to a waiting ambulance an breathed a huge sigh of relief!
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| Miami can be very beautiful , even at 4 AM |
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| With 75 degree temp the norm its hard to remember it will soon be Christmas! so if I don't talk to you before, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! |
