the doc is slowing down my heart with meds to get it back on rhythm. i was feeling strangely last week and it turns out it is my heart murmur on the fritz. 3 days on the meds and lots of improvement. i've been working as usual, but also sleeping my butt off.
and now i have a sinus infection on top of it.
could be worse.
i really love the accessibility of the medical center. it should be like this everywhere. i just drop in, get an EKG, see the doc, meds prescribed and given - all within an hour. they'll have a specialist check me out on land. this is how general practices should be!
this run-around medical system we have on land is ridiculously inefficient.
we had a medical emergency on board earlier this week. there was an announcement made to the crew looking for the appropriate blood needed and we deviated our course to bring the patient to the medical facilities in cozumel.
guests complain to guest services about how their vacation is ruined because we missed grand cayman because of the emergency. we even went to another port, by the way.
they also complain if it's raining. they expect some sort of discount. we have a joke amongst ourselves that we'll give them mother nature's number and they can talk to her about it. why do people think that carnival controls the weather? this is why your cruise is cheaper than if you went in the summer, people! that's your discount.
i don't have to deal with that stuff. i just hear about it.
i still could go for a whole day off, though. my last one was november 5th. crossing my fingers that december 3rd will turn out that way.
love and palpitations,
jamie
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