We arrived at Pasco Regional Medical Center today to the news that the surgeon had approved Mother’s discharge if the pulmonologist agreed. So we waited for the him. And waited for him. And waited for him. The room was almost too small for the four of us when she was the only patient there but when they moved another patient and her two visitors in it was really too small. We took turns hanging out in her room and hanging out in the waiting room down the hall. It was a long nine hours that we waited. Thank heavens for the pile of books that the volunteer brought on the day of surgery. Mother wasn’t interested in reading but the rest of us were grateful for the books. Finally when the doc still hadn’t shown at nine-thirty at night Mother agreed to stay the night if we were willing to go home.
Queen Mary 2’s arrival in the Port of Dakar, Senegal was heralded in the local press and greeted with ceremony. Our own excursion took us on a coach journey through the streets of the capital city to visit a Wolof village and the shore of Lake Retba, the salty lake famed for an intense pink color.
Today’s safari adventure transported us out into the Dorob National Park to have up close encounters with little creatures that are well adapted to the extreme heat and lack of water in the Namib Desert.
With a UNESCO World Heritage Site, two national parks, dozens of museums, and hundreds of tours offered in the Cape Town area there is more than plenty to do. For our two day visit we opted to concentrate on African wildlife visiting the Aquila Private Game Reserve and the Boulders Beach Penguin Colony for a wonderful chance to these fabulous animals in their own habitat.
We arrived at Pasco Regional Medical Center today to the news that the surgeon had approved Mother’s discharge if the pulmonologist agreed. So we waited for the him. And waited for him. And waited for him. The room was almost too small for the four of us when she was the only patient there but when they moved another patient and her two visitors in it was really too small. We took turns hanging out in her room and hanging out in the waiting room down the hall. It was a long nine hours that we waited. Thank heavens for the pile of books that the volunteer brought on the day of surgery. Mother wasn’t interested in reading but the rest of us were grateful for the books. Finally when the doc still hadn’t shown at nine-thirty at night Mother agreed to stay the night if we were willing to go home.
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