5 May 2012 Pearland, Texas

I imagine that  everyone is wondering what is up with us. Well, my back gave out.  When the pain was so bad that I couldn't walk one  morning, Ozel took me to the Emergency Room at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Jacksonville, FL.  I wound up staying in hospital for 5 days.  The staff at St. Vincent's were professional and caring.

The Neurosurgeons recommended surgery but advised having it done closer to home to make the follow-up care easier.  The end of the story is that I will have surgery on the 15th of May at Methodist Hospital in Houston.

We left "Freya" at Lamb's Yacht Center.  They will install the new stern thruster while we are in Texas.
Our plan is to cruise the St John's when I'm cleared for travel (should be about 6 weeks after surgery) and might move to the Chesapeake and leave the boat there over the winter.  We would then resume our journey next spring.

I will continue to post to this site as new information becomes available.

This is a Banner at Methodist Hospital that shows the "Best Hospital" designation that their Neurology & Neurosurgery Department earned.