Breaking News – Surgery in Greece
We interrupt your Turkey blog reading to bring you real-time news from Athens (our blog is usually a week behind our adventures).
In an unfortunate twist of fate, Brel have found themselves in a hospital in Athens, Greece. Mel has had surgery for an abscess on her tail-bone (not the sexiest of diseases or recovery by the way). The prognosis is good-but it does require us to spend 10 days here and miss half of our Greek Islands sailing trip.
As with all things Brel, there have been some interesting moments:
* Mel mistaking the IT Manager for the doctor and nearly dropping her drawers for him
* Mel attempting to take directions in Greek-and accidentally putting on multiple robes and paper panties on her head
* Mel waking up from the anesthetic convinced she had been unconscious for 7 years (and asking everyone if she was still alive)
* The constant “good lucks” from the Greek hospital staff – unnerving as we were kind of hoping to rely on expertise and not luck
And so, in the end, 24/7 travel for a year isn’t the biggest Brel test- it’s surgery in a foreign country, with Mel in significant pain and Brendan playing Florence Nightingale. Wish us luck!
Tags: Travel
pichemelanie
July 9th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Ooh, Mel. I hope that you recover quickly and are able to continue on this amazing journey. Glad to read about your “good luck”, as you’ve made it through alive!!!!
July 10th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Glad to hear things worked out. Hope you get better soon!! remember the two claps.