Sabeking
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 2, 2004
Have you ever built up a trip in your mind?! Thinking this will be the best ever and the majority of it went wrong.
We went to DW on the 14th with my two teenage daughters,their friend, my husband and me. It began with my daughter getting her period on the way down. It was a tough one with lots of tears and emotions running high. The girls ended up fighting. The girl that came with us received a phone call from her grandfather while on the trip. He found out she was in Florida and wanted to see her. He planned on meeting her the day we went to Magic Kingdom. She has not seen him in six years (family issues) and then he never showed up. That set the tone for her most of the trip. The two days we were in the parks the fast pass plus on our Magic Bands would not work. Two in our party for some reason would not link to ours. We ended up spending about an hour a day at guest services. After getting them linked they still did not work. When checking out the crowd level when making reservations it was supposed to be the fourth slowest week. That was not the case at all. The popular rides were at about a 85-120 minute wait.
Now time for the cruise! At least we could relax! Got on the boat Monday. The cast off party had to be moved inside....rain. That would be the theme of this cruise...rain and a rocking boat! By Tuesday my husband was feeling not so great. He had a pain in his side. I encouraged him finally to visit the infirmary. After blood tests they were not sure but his blood pressure was up, white blood cell count up, jaundice and lots of pain. Not having a CT scan machine they could not pin point the problem, only take guesses. By this point the rest of us had terrible colds. The guest teen was crying, she was very homesick as she had never been away to this extent from her family. She was upset with me because I would not let her go to the adult pool and have alcohol. (Ok, sorry you are sixteen. Not an option.) She was not happy with checking in time to time on the ship.
By night three my husband was still in the infirmary. He missed our daughter's 16th birthday dinner and our rainy day at Cast Away Cay. Friday morning he was transported to Cape Canaveral hospital. We were there for about 8 hours. A CT scan showed inflammation around the bowels and abdomen. They decided to admit him. When we took him upstairs we met his roommate. This fellow was interesting. He welcomed us "to the best hospital in "eastern Florida." As he is giving us a warm welcome I notice this 75 year old had his family jewels out greeting us as well!
my newly sixteen year old saw them too. This is where to good begins....just maybe this will keep her from wanting to delv into that world for quite awhile longer!!!
The doctor told us he would bring in a gastro specialist. He also told us off the record that he did not see an emergency situation occurring and we could drive home if we wanted. We decided to go with the off the record advice. At this point my husband has not eaten in 4 days. I drove all of us home, ten hours.
I took my husband straight to the local ER. He was released Tuesday!!!
He had something I have never heard of...omental infarction. His abdomen tissues were twisted and blood circulation was cut off to the tissue so it began to die. He lost 8 pounds on the trip and I lost 2.
I cannot say enough about the doctor and his staff on the Dream. They were awesome as well as the people at Cape Canaveral hospital. Both were attentive, efficient and professional. I feel so blessed to be home safe. I appreciate my house and my routine life!!
We went to DW on the 14th with my two teenage daughters,their friend, my husband and me. It began with my daughter getting her period on the way down. It was a tough one with lots of tears and emotions running high. The girls ended up fighting. The girl that came with us received a phone call from her grandfather while on the trip. He found out she was in Florida and wanted to see her. He planned on meeting her the day we went to Magic Kingdom. She has not seen him in six years (family issues) and then he never showed up. That set the tone for her most of the trip. The two days we were in the parks the fast pass plus on our Magic Bands would not work. Two in our party for some reason would not link to ours. We ended up spending about an hour a day at guest services. After getting them linked they still did not work. When checking out the crowd level when making reservations it was supposed to be the fourth slowest week. That was not the case at all. The popular rides were at about a 85-120 minute wait.
Now time for the cruise! At least we could relax! Got on the boat Monday. The cast off party had to be moved inside....rain. That would be the theme of this cruise...rain and a rocking boat! By Tuesday my husband was feeling not so great. He had a pain in his side. I encouraged him finally to visit the infirmary. After blood tests they were not sure but his blood pressure was up, white blood cell count up, jaundice and lots of pain. Not having a CT scan machine they could not pin point the problem, only take guesses. By this point the rest of us had terrible colds. The guest teen was crying, she was very homesick as she had never been away to this extent from her family. She was upset with me because I would not let her go to the adult pool and have alcohol. (Ok, sorry you are sixteen. Not an option.) She was not happy with checking in time to time on the ship.
By night three my husband was still in the infirmary. He missed our daughter's 16th birthday dinner and our rainy day at Cast Away Cay. Friday morning he was transported to Cape Canaveral hospital. We were there for about 8 hours. A CT scan showed inflammation around the bowels and abdomen. They decided to admit him. When we took him upstairs we met his roommate. This fellow was interesting. He welcomed us "to the best hospital in "eastern Florida." As he is giving us a warm welcome I notice this 75 year old had his family jewels out greeting us as well!
my newly sixteen year old saw them too. This is where to good begins....just maybe this will keep her from wanting to delv into that world for quite awhile longer!!!The doctor told us he would bring in a gastro specialist. He also told us off the record that he did not see an emergency situation occurring and we could drive home if we wanted. We decided to go with the off the record advice. At this point my husband has not eaten in 4 days. I drove all of us home, ten hours.
I took my husband straight to the local ER. He was released Tuesday!!!He had something I have never heard of...omental infarction. His abdomen tissues were twisted and blood circulation was cut off to the tissue so it began to die. He lost 8 pounds on the trip and I lost 2.
I cannot say enough about the doctor and his staff on the Dream. They were awesome as well as the people at Cape Canaveral hospital. Both were attentive, efficient and professional. I feel so blessed to be home safe. I appreciate my house and my routine life!!
