30 April - 4th May 2012 :- X-Rays in Norfolk
Nimue
Fri 4 May 2012 22:46
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We had previously met Martin & Elizabeth on
Caduceus, in the BVI’s and it was good to see some friendly faces
once we had safely tied up at Gary & Greta’s (OCC
representatives) dock in Norfolk. Our first priority was to contact our
Insurance Company to sort out Michael’s hip and the following day we were given
an address of an Urgent Care Centre, where Michael was examined. We then had to
walk to a nearby hospital to have the hip x-rayed and
the whole process took most of the day- not better than the NHS! We were
given the x-ray films, but we had to wait another 2 days before we could see an
Orthopaedic Surgeon and hand him the films so he could provide a diagnosis. The
Insurance company sent a black chauffeur driven black Cadillac to pick us up to
take us 12 miles to see Dr Tommy Osborne (a former US Football Player). Within
seconds of seeing the x-ray, he had no hesitation in confirming that Michael was
in urgent need of a new left hip and advised that necrosis had taken place in
the joint(as a result of Michael’s diving days). Quite shell shocked with this
news, we informed the Insurance company, who immediately took control and
confirmed that they would repatriate Michael (and myself) to the UK. We knew
this could not occur until Nimue was safely out of the water at Zimmerman’s in
Deltaville (a further 50 nm trip up the Chesapeake).
  Michael enjoying having his hip
x-rayed?
  X-rays in hand, it was off in the Black
Caddy to see Dr Osbourne
 Curry night on board Nimue: left to
right Gary, Greta, Michael, Elizabeth, Martin and Kenny
On our due departure day, we woke up to thick fog, so Gary
persuaded us to stay an extra day to welcome Lewis Colam a British single
hander, rowing up the ICW from Miami to New York to raise money for the
Alzheimer's Research. On Lewis’s arrival, Martin gave a suitable rendition on
his bagpipes and we all hand clapped as Lewis’s slowly came to the dock.
Lewis was visually shocked to see us all and he later commented that this was
the best welcome he had received on his trip so far from Miami.
  Aptly named for a grey foggy morning and
Gary chatting to Kenny about the day’s events
  Martin playing the bagpipes and Lewis
being welcomed in by Gary
 Drinks on board Nimue and time to give some
final advice to Lewis for his row up the Chesapeake and to bid farewell our
Norfolk friends...........until the next time!
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