Sailing around the World ( presently in Mauritius, )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sat 16 Oct 2010 04:19
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THURSDAY 14th
OCTOBER 2010 ( Collette's Birthday
)
06.00hrs Skipper and Terry got into the car
and set off for the Airport to meet Collette, who was arriving on the 07.25 from
London.
The Airport , located on the southern side of the
Island, was a good hours drive away, so we set off in plenty of
time.
Skipper had a slight ache in his lower right hand
side , just inside the hip. This flares up every so often, but usually
dissapears after
a good dose of antiflamitories.
Half way to the Airport, Skipper is in severe pain,
very rapidly the pain became overpowering and had to stop the car, Skipper get
out and started vomiting, Ohhhh, my god, !!!!! whats happening, Terry had
to take over the driving as skipper lay down in the passanger seat in a bad
state .
Terry stopped at the next filling station and they
directed us to a nearby hospital,
At the hospital, Skipper explained to the staff
that he had this terrible pain in his lower body, right hand side, they put him
on a bed
and Terry took off to the Airport to collect
Collette and return to Skipper on his way back.
The hospital decided to give Skipper electric shock
treatment for his " Heart attack " problem,, Ohhhhhh My Gawd !
Skipper , bad and all
as he was shot out of the bed and ran outside and
waited untill Terry returned, The place was a complete dump, the toilets had all
broken seat's , broken mirrors, broken whb's and wee wee all over the floor...
what a dump. but the pain was excruciating.
We rang Rally control for some advice, Susanna got
the address of a Clinic from the Manager and off we went, stopping every so
often
so skipper could get out and get sick. The Clinic
or Clinique was called " Darne Clinique "
There we met Dr EE Mohith, a lovely Dutch Woman,
who's mother was a " Moore " from Belfast.
She immidiatly identified the problem as a stone in
the kidney, and gave Skipper a shot of something ( not morphene ) in the
bum
to kill the pain, this was now around
11.00am.
Skipper was booked into the clinique and put
straight into a single room, no 414..
The doctors said they would do a scan straight away
, and this would be followed in the afternoon with whatever proceedure was
necessary.
Terry and Collette departed and returned to " A
Lady " with all the news,
Poor Collette, all this stuff the minute she
arrives, so she had a nap, meanwhile Aileen is baking cakes for the birthday
girl and a few guests who were invited to celebrate with us on board the boat,
about 18.30hrs
Meanwhile, Neil is off with the other youngsters
arranging a diving course,, The " Paddi Cert" which skipper already did in
the French Polyneesian islands.
Meanwhile, back at the Clinique, Skipper
is taken down at 16.30 hrs to the theatre and had the proceedure done to remove
the stone, 5mm was the size of the blinking thing,
and when he recovered and came to about 22.00hrs that night, was told that
everything went smoothly
and would be able to leave tomorrow, what a
relief. But, BUT, was skipper sore,
Meanwhile , back on board, the others had a great
night with Collette, and all the guests,
Thats all for now,
Signed :- Stephen Hyde, (
Skipper )
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