Jen woke with a very sore head, then went back to bed!

Getting up for a second attempt at midday, she managed to get to the clinic for syringing (she is outta the water for 5 days due to a mild ear infection) and then Crystal to check the post… and she had some!!!

First a card from Rosie, then pressies from Mum, Pat, and Liz.. lucky girl!

Here is the vid of her opening them, please excuse the sound its quite low, and I had Nick the Belgium getting excited next to me because he had just received some meat from his parents .. weird…

Oh, and Liz… she found your card after I stopped recording and we both read it together..

Many thanks guys!

x

SD

Happy Birthday Jenny!!!

Today, I woke with some hardcore pain in my ears and jaws, but put a brave face on since it was Jenny’s special day.

I went and got some flowers, croissants, and a little cake… before waking her with a fresh cuppa.

She also got a card the evening before, which turned out to be from Mum and Del (thanks guys!)

I then offered to take her to a spa day, at one of the islands classy hotels… but she declined, wanting to wait till I am better and we can enjoy it together.. bless..

We then headed to Crystal in case any more post had come in (it hadn’t) and went to the shops to get her pressies… she was expecting a bikini ! Instead, she got a brand new BCD and regulator, which was much needed as our equipment is wearing out quickly!

A very pleased Jen can’t wait to dive using her new gear but will have to wait 5 days with a slight ear infection…

Later on that evening, we attended a Snorkel Test, where new Divemasters have to drink a bucket of alcohol through a snorkel… there was an extra chair for Jen… She drank the lot, and felt extremely bloated after….

Even later on, after a rather large amount of booze, I dragged her home to bed…

We spent the morning indoors.. I was up about 5:30 with bad pain in both ears, across my jaw to my front teeth. Taking some painkillers took the edge off but was still not going back to sleep.

I utilised my time by editing the narration for a film I am making for the Save Koh Tao film festival in a couple of weeks.

When Jen was up, breakfast eaten, and Eastenders watched. We went to the clinic. Another round of syringing, both ears this time. Nothing. So they put oil in my ears and sent me off for a couple of hours.

Deaf as a post in both ears, we returned a couple of hours later, more syringing and this time the doc (?!) removed cotton from my other very infected ear. After cleaning out as much as possible (still not completely), she examined both ears, and found that my right ear has a ruptured eardrum (no diving incident, so I have to assume the infection caused it). My left eardrum is still not visible so we have to wait for the swelling to go down…

Prognosis – 4 weeks before I can dive again, I am going to aim for 2. If, I reach 4 weeks and am still unable to dive, then we may return home to get a proper examination.

Sorry for the crap news…

🙁

SD