Sarah got to come home! When I arrived today to vist, Sarah told me she was getting to leave. Yay! So we got her some crutches and taxied our way back to Habitat. What a relief!

Thanks for all your positive thoughts during our vacation difficulties.

Katrina

Sarah's injury has been difficult to deal with. I'm in a country where not so many people speak English. I am mostly at the mercy of others for transportation and language assistance. It has been scary and taxing and there have been some tears of fear, exhaustion and relief.

On the good side, Sarah and I hope DAN will write up her injury for their magazine Alert Diver. The symptoms of migraine headaches and decompression sickness can get easily confused and I think the migraine and the... read more

Oh yeah, before we went back to the hospital, I called Sarah's parents to break the news. They took it pretty well and expressed many thanks for my help. I also called DAN (diver's alert network) which provides insurance coverage and other help to divers. I got them on the case, so that hospital bill should be paid. Small favors.

In the meantime, they decided that Sarah's left ankle was also broken in her fall in the bathroom. She had broken her ankle the last time she was in Curacao.... read more

As many of you know, my dive buddy, Sarah, who I have been diving with in Curacao for the past few days, has been having some trouble with migraines. Well, yesterday, after she had been in the best spirits and physical condition so far (had kept two meals down and done three wonderful dives, Sarah got bent.

I came down to her room to see if I could use the computer and found her barely concious on the bathroom floor. Thankfully people on staff at Habitat Curacao came to the rescue fairl... read more

Edward and I have been married for 15 years today! Woo-hoo!

I apologize for the lack of before and after pictures. Maybe we'll get that together for our sweet 16.

Yay for love! Yay for patience! Yay for luck and hard work.

Thank you Edward!