Sea Day July 7, 2015

Today we are enjoying a day at sea.  Well most everyone is enjoying a day at sea.  This is actually a picture from yesterday leaving Akureyri

I didn’t sleep at all last night because I had a pain on my right side in my rib cage and I could hardly breathe, so by 6 a.m. I decided it was time to go to the Health Center and see the doctor.  I was in pretty bad pain.  I had to call guest services to get them to connect me with the RN whose name was Sorin and then he contacted Dr. Pierre, who got out of bed to come see me.  He checked me out and wasn’t sure what it was, so they gave me a pain shot so I could get a few hours sleep and then told me to come back at 10 a.m.

So the pain shot did work and I got a few hours sleep and then back to the Health Center at 10 a.m.  Dr. Pierre was great.  They took an xray and decided I have an infection in my lungs so I am on a course of antibiotics and pain meds for the next 10 days. 

Not that I would recommend going to the Health Center, but Disney Cruise Line actually has a third party vendor that manages and staffs it.  It is by Vantar Health Services.  I found them to be friendly, professional and very concerned about my well being and if you find it necessary when you are on a cruise to go visit them, I would not hesitate to go see them. 

I did have a massage at 1:30 p.m., so headed off to do that, but the ship was moving so badly that by the end of the massage I got sick, so that wasn’t very beneficial.

Then I headed to the stateroom and proceeded to sleep for basically the next 20 hours.

I did call room service and get a cheese pizza about 9 p.m. because I needed to eat something in order to take my pain meds.  

But besides that, it was a pretty uneventful day.

Okay, next port is Kirkwall, Scotland.  I am suppose to be on a port excursion to walk through the town in the morning, but think I will get a doctor’s note to get excused from the morning excursion.  Don’t think I would be good to be outside in the cold.  But will try for the afternoon excursion of the Standing Stones.

Goodnight from the Disney Magic!