Trading Places

I'm nearly healed, well on the mend, but Lesley has now taken my place on the disabled list.  She was washing dishes Saturday evening and broke a glass.  She suffered a bad cut on her left hand between two fingers and two superficial cuts on the right.  A visit to the local ER and a few stitches later she is doing fine - but my recovery has been abruptly cut short - no more kitchen pass................  So now I am reminded of what it's like!

Packing for Grenada underway

We have already filled one shipping barrel for our planned return to Grenada this winter.  It now looks like we will have to drive to Miami next week to pick up one more.

Most of our shopping is done (except for meat) and it is now just a matter of final packing and delivery of the shipment to the Tropical warehouse.

Today was sewing day

We made templates of our well worn weather curtains before we left Grenada.  I finally got motivated yesterday and cut the Sunbrella from our pattern and today was stitching time.  Completed both and installed the tie down eyelets.  Also made several draw string bags that we use for canned goods on the boat.   Waiting for Lesley to get back from today's dental appointment as she is supposed to bring some small line for the drawstrings.

I'm still taking it easy - man is recuperating hard work or what!

New PC Control Head

I finished the new boat PC control head yesterday and started working on a mount for a USB hub extender.  The boat PC is mounted under the Nav station and it is cumbersome to access the front panel USB ports.  I purchased a small 4 Port USB that I will install in a more accessible location on the boat. I've included a 12vdc to 5vdc switching power supply so that I can use USB powered disc drives when desired.

LEDs soldered in place

New PC Control

Hub

Hub Power Supply

Here we go again, mo' recuperating

I was released from the hospital yesterday and had my first real meal in 5 days.  Man was that good! 

Hospital stay was interesting considering that when I arrived I expected a quick outpatient procedure and then found out that I would be in for 4 - 7 days!  Then there was the recovery room.  Pain in my stomach from the surgery was excruciating - I remember someone asking about my pain level - and I think I said "it's bad".  Seem to recall several injections but the pain was so bad that I was making faces.  Finally I was given something called dilaudid - pain went right away as did my desire to breathe.  So for the next 20 minutes or so I got to listen to an alarm go off and the nurse telling me to breathe. Lots of morphine and after two days I was able to get along without any pain medication.

Since some of my small intestine was removed I was hooked up to several IV's and not able to take anything orally.  It is amazing how thirsty I was the whole time but for some reason I was not hungry.

I have lots of staples and some new wounds in my belly and I am now looking at another month of taking it easy.  I really wonder what being recovered is going to feel like?