Regular blog readers will be wondering why the blog went quiet in March 2010. The reason is that we went on a cruise in March which was supposed to last a week in the Caribbean. On Day 4, Sylvia was taken ill and we had to leave the ship in the Cayman Isles while her condition was diagnosed.
The upshot is that she was flown to Houston in a private jet with nurses in attendance, and underwent some tests in one of the big hospitals, which found that she had a leaky valve in her heart. They recommended operating asap and she now has a new mechanical heart valve.
We have a few pictures of our day in Jamaica, and her time with her new grand daughter while she was recovering. We will post these when there is more time. Our thanks go to our daughter Heather and her husband Glen, who looked after the patient as well as their 2-month old baby and all the visitors who came to see Juliet and help out in the apartment.
Sylvia spent the whole of April getting over the surgery in Texas and finally got to Anchorage last week, just in time to catch a flight to England for our mid-year trip home.
She is steadily getting better but still gets short of breath because her heart rhythm has still not settled down. This can take a few weeks, we are told. We are keeping our fingers crossed.
Alan & Sylvia
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