he Fleet Report and Daily for Tuesday April 9th, 2024

[Sharon in AZ]

6 hours ago, JazzyV said:

Good afternoon. Thanks for the Fleet Report/Daily.

I had to look up Jenkins Ear Day. I remember Jumbo the elephant. I like antiques and have many in my home. I like the quote. I like the meal (didn't we have this recently?). Pass on the drink and wine. I have been to Denali NP. A good day in history.

 

It's a lovely day here, 75F and partly sunny. Then rain for the next few days. I got about 4 hours of sleep last night, despite being exhausted. I stayed in bed a while, then had to go get a haircut and then PT. My pain level is 10/10 today, when it hits. Sitting in a car for long periods yesterday didn't help. Ugh. Tomorrow I have my pre-op exam with my PCP. Thursday I will be taking BFF for Mohs surgery, with a repeat next Thursday for a different spot.

 

Yesterday BFF and I drove to a friend's house near Cleveland. They had a very nice patio from which we watched the eclipse. It was spectacular. The temp dropped about 10 degrees, and it looked like night. BFF surprised me with a T-shirt that said "Twice in a Lifetime" and had the dates of the 2017 eclipse and yesterday's. Sadly the drive home was somewhat horrendous, with all the traffic. We tried a detour off the highway, and got lost, LOL. But we eventually made it home. 2 hours, 20 minutes going, 5 hours coming home. So being gone from home from 9A to 11P, I didn't get a chance to post yesterday, other than the Cares List.

 

@luvteaching Happy Birthday! And gentle hugs. So sweet of DS to make you a cake, and from scratch! I'm sorry to hear of the passing of your DSIL. Condolences to the family.

@ger_77 Happy Anniversary to you and Maurice! Thanks for the lovely photo.

@grapau27 Nice videos, and thanks for the explanation. Good news from the skin cancer specialist.

@MISTER 67 I'm glad you're feeling better.

@Overhead Fred It looks like you had a good time yesterday. Thanks for the photo of those at your meal and the cake. 

@aliaschief Interesting photos. I would have been fasting with you.

@smitty34877 That's a great photo! I hope Tana is doing ok today.

@P&PNH Great photo! Most don't get to see Denali because of clouds.

@Cruising-along Nice photos.

@kochleffel Taughannock Falls looks like a great place to visit.

@rafinmd I hope all the Cardiology tests and appointments go well.

 

Prayers for the Care List and Cheers for those Celebrating. 

 

2 photos from yesterday. I have a couple hundred to sort through.

 

 

A few pictures from Denali. 

In Denali Park

 

Bears

 

Caribou

 

Denali Flight Seeing tour

 

Rainbow in the sky

 

Breaking through the clouds. Denali's 2 peaks, which are 2 miles apart!

 

Circling around Denali

 

 

Wow Vanessa!  Amazing pictures of both the eclipse and Denali. Thank you. 
 

7 minutes ago, kochleffel said:

 

https://www.arcanobarcelona.com/en

 

For a group, they offer two or three set menus, but each menu allows choices within courses, and they require a deposit.

 

Thank you, I’ll check them out. 

[Haljo1935]

1 hour ago, marshhawk said:

@Haljo1935 

Sandi said that he was not much of an experimental eater, someone had given him fudge, and there were walnuts in it.  That's when he found out.

 

 

Thanks, I do remember the fudge now. That is so scary.

[bennybear]

8 hours ago, superoma said:

A friend just reminded me that today is Vimy Ridge day. If you like historical fiction I can recommend “the stone carvers” by Jane urquhart, a Canadian writer. 

Such a great book!  One of my relatives lost his life there.  Such an amazing memorial,  France gave the land to Canada, so eerie to see the Canadian signs there. 
 

Edited April 10 by bennybear

[grapau27]

3 hours ago, erewhon said:

 

Good news.

Did you get a good report for your foot pain?

Thank you.

They are making some special shoe inserts for ball of foot pain.

I bought some small inserts from a shoe shop before our cruise which made a big difference.

[grapau27]

6 hours ago, StLouisCruisers said:

A report back on DGS Austin's allergy emergency last week.  He went to the allergist today and they tested him for tree nut allergies.  He had an immediate severe reaction to walnuts, but they have advised him to not take a chance on other tree nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, chestnuts, filberts/hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pistachios, and shea nuts). They called it a very severe reaction.  He actually had every side effect possible last Thursday.  He will have to be very careful from here on out. 

 

 

 

 

Excellent news, Graham!

 

 

 

 

I'm glad all the appointments seem to be coming along quickly and without much hassle.

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for the excellent photos today, both the eclipse photos and the Denali photos.  I hate to hear of your pain levels though after yesterday's problems getting home.  I hope you get more rest tonight and less pain tomorrow.

Thank you Sandi.

I'm sorry to hear about Austin's nut allergy.

Does he need an EpiPen in case of anaphylaxis reaction?

Edited April 10 by grapau27

[grapau27]

5 hours ago, erewhon said:

@bennybear yesterday when I posted it was the 9th of April, our Anniversary is the 8th. Today is the 10th, now 1.10 pm.

Happy belated anniversary.

[grapau27]

8 hours ago, quilty964 said:

Good afternoon.  It's sunny and 60 here today.  Yesterday was perfect for viewing the eclipse.  We had about 90% coverage and it was amazing to watch with my library glasses.  They're collecting them back to send to Latin America schools so the children can see the eclipse there next year.    I sat with some church friends in their driveway.  It didn't seem like it got dark, but people inside said it did.  We did notice a drop in the temperature, though.  

Our 1st cruise was on the Westerdam to Alaska in 2019.  We did the land and sea tour!  That was amazing.  We saw a lot while we were in Denali.  We saw a Momma moose with twins just at the entrance to the park, a big grizzly munching in a field, a "nursery" of sheep up on a hill, and then saw their dog sled program.  That was a very fun 3 days! We did see the mountain peak from afar, but when we reached the end of the road, the top was in the clouds.  

Have a good evening, I've been gone all day, and have to leave again shortly for bell choir practice.  

Hugs to @luvteaching and all the rest that need them.  @marshhawkIt sure sounds like your DH and you could use a break...the idea of continuous cruising sounds great! 

Nice photos.

It is a sunny morning and 39°F at 07.30am.

[StLouisCruisers]

9 hours ago, Haljo1935 said:

@StLouisCruisers I think you said, so apologies if I'm having you repeat something - did DGS Austin have a history of any nut allergies or did this just happen suddenly that day?

That's scary to think one could safely eat something then one day suddenly have such a severe allergic reaction.

Prayers 🙏 he continues to be ok.

 

It was the first time he'd eaten a walnut and that is his allergy trigger.  They advised him not to eat any tree nut though.  I assume if he'd eaten a walnut 5 years ago he would have had the same reaction.  Even though they only use a tiny ***** of the walnut material on his arm he had an instant reaction and started having chest tightening and other signs.

 

 

8 hours ago, marshhawk said:

@Haljo1935 

Sandi said that he was not much of an experimental eater, someone had given him fudge, and there were walnuts in it.  That's when he found out.

 

 

 

Exactly right Annie.  His paternal grandfather kept pushing him to try the fudge and he had this terrible reaction.  They phoned DD back in Ohio and she said do not let him go to sleep, take him to the ER right now.  Even Austin didn't complain about having to go, he wanted to go get help.  It must have been frightening.

 

I enjoyed your stories of life in France, and traveling back and forth on the Cunard ships as a child.

 

 

 

4 hours ago, grapau27 said:

Thank you Sandi.

I'm sorry to hear about Austin's nut allergy.

Does he need an EpiPen in case of anaphylaxis reaction?

 

Yes, he has to have two epi-pens with him at all times.  The school nurse thought they should keep one and Austin the second one, but the allergist disagreed with that and most of the other advice the school nurse gave.  The school can keep one on hand for him, but she wants Austin to keep two for himself, in case one dose doesn't help and he has a second reaction 20 minutes later.  At the doctor's office they had to put an albuterol tablet under his tongue when his throat and chest began tightening with the tiny test amount reaction.

[grapau27]

5 minutes ago, StLouisCruisers said:

 

It was the first time he'd eaten a walnut and that is his allergy trigger.  They advised him not to eat any tree nut though.  I assume if he'd eaten a walnut 5 years ago he would have had the same reaction.  Even though they only use a tiny ***** of the walnut material on his arm he had an instant reaction and started having chest tightening and other signs.

 

 

 

Exactly right Annie.  His paternal grandfather kept pushing him to try the fudge and he had this terrible reaction.  They phoned DD back in Ohio and she said do not let him go to sleep, take him to the ER right now.  Even Austin didn't complain about having to go, he wanted to go get help.  It must have been frightening.

 

I enjoyed your stories of life in France, and traveling back and forth on the Cunard ships as a child.

 

 

 

 

Yes, he has to have two epi-pens with him at all times.  The school nurse thought they should keep one and Austin the second one, but the allergist disagreed with that and most of the other advice the school nurse gave.  The school can keep one on hand for him, but she wants Austin to keep two for himself, in case one dose doesn't help and he has a second reaction 20 minutes later.  At the doctor's office they had to put an albuterol tablet under his tongue when his throat and chest began tightening with the tiny test amount reaction.

Prayers for Austin that he never has to use the EpiPen.

On UK airlines they announce if anyone on board has a nut allergy and they will not sell nuts on that flight.

Might be worth mentioning this to Austin and his parents Sandi.

[StLouisCruisers]

47 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

Prayers for Austin that he never has to use the EpiPen.

On UK airlines they announce if anyone on board has a nut allergy and they will not sell nuts on that flight.

Might be worth mentioning this to Austin and his parents Sandi.

 

Thanks Graham.  I'm sure his parents are going to be very vigilant from here on out.  Austin has no problem with peanuts and loves anything with peanut butter.  Airlines now have almonds as a snack in addition to the usual peanuts, and he will be avoiding almonds. Austin's dad snacks on mixed nuts at home but Austin never did.  They'll probably be taking mixed nuts off their pantry shelf now.

[Haljo1935]

Thanks @StLouisCruisers for the additional info & update on Austin. Sounds like he has a good allergist in his camp and he's wisely following their advice.