March 19th, 2023 Day 75 of 128

Sea Day 1 of 2 – ISOLATION!

Oh yes, you ready that correctly. Hello, from the land of isolation. Megan and I were awake at 3:30am this morning with the worst stomach cramps I have ever experienced. Our stomachs were less than happy and we definitely thought we had food poisoning. We regretted the raw oysters and thought we had made a travelers faux pas. We decided we did not feel up to going anywhere today. We stayed in, hydrating, taking antibiotics we came on board with, and trying to settle our tummies. Around 2:30pm we decide we should probably reach out to medical and report what symptoms we were experiencing and that is when we learned we were not alone. There is definitely something running through the ship. We awaiting our visit from medical and had to complete forms for the CDC with everything we’ve eaten and drank in the last three days, we had to complete COVID test (we were negative), had our temps and pulse oxygen levels checked (both normal), and we were given specimen containers for samples to be collected. We were also told we were mandated to isolation. We had self isolated all day already so we just have to continue what we are doing. Movies, rest, showers, and medicine was the routine for the rest of our day. We ordered some dinner around 5:00pm and decided we needed to get something in our stomachs so we ordered steamed rice and plain baked chicken. We barely ate any of it but enough so we could take some more Tylenol for the discomfort. I have had tummy illnesses before, but I will say this thing kicked our asses. The pain and and cramps we experienced were not easy to get through at all. I feel absolutely horrible for any other passengers on the ship going through this. There was a medical emergency announced over head around 6:30pm last night and I don’t know if it was related. We were asleep shortly after that. Let’s see what tomorrow holds for us. Fingers crossed we feel better.