Sea Day 2 of 2 – ISOLATION
Yes, we are still stuck in our cabin today. We are feeling better this morning, not 100% yet but the cramping has lessened and we wanted something to eat this morning so that’s a good sign. We had an early morning visit from medical and she told us we had to stay in another day. So we ordered room service scrambled eggs, toast and bananas to see how we could handle it. We’re still drinking our Gatorade we brought on board and feel hydrate so that’s a good thing. We are stir crazy already and I am grateful we have balcony and the weather is warm. Around 9:00am we had two room stewards accompanied by an officer to clear and sterile our room. Not our normal stewards and they we wearing masks, gloves and plastic aprons. Feel like a floating disease but it is what it is. There have now been numerous announcements, flyers distributed and posts on facebook about a possible Norovirus outbreak on the ship. Basic changes like no more salt and pepper shakers on the tables, not more bread baskets on the tables, and increased sanitation around the common areas of the ship. Everyone has been strongly encouraged to increase the amount of hand washing we are doing and to minimize our use of public restrooms of possible. I don’t know the numbers of affected passengers but the medical team looks ragged and overworked this morning. They said our medical history and list of our medications was the easiest one she had done all day. LOL!! So we sit in our cabin watching movies, hydrating and walking around in circles. Sadly 24+ hours in bed have seemed to aggravate my back injury again, but not to the extent that it started at last time. So I will be taking it easy again when we are all cleared. I did get a chance to finish my project Linus blanket today. We ordered chicken and gnocchi for dinner tonight and asked for more water to be brought to us. The bottled water we are currently getting in the cabin tastes weird to us. And even though we are adding Gatorade packets, it is nice to have some “plain” water to drink. We may be isolated and stuck in our cabin, but we have a balcony and we got a beautiful sunset this evening. Around 9:00pm medical called and told me since I had no new “episodes” in 24 hours I was officially cleared from isolation. I want to go out and run around the ship, but I am already in my pajamas and too tired. We suspect Megan will be cleared tomorrow around 7:30am and that will clear us for our 8:00am excursion. We put our breakfast room service order on the door since we will have to have eaten in time to make it to the Main Stage and Megan can’t officially leave yet. We heard lots of rumors and speculations to the cause of our mysterious illness; a poop covered pier in Walvis Bay that we had to both walk through and that they were sweeping when we got off the ship, a large group of children from a third world country brought onto the ship with NO covid tests required (this one actually really makes me angry and I will be expressing my upset about this one to the powers that be) and a suspected tainting of our corned beef on Saint Patrick’s Day. The rumor mills are working over time. Regardless of the cause we are enduring the consequences and hope that anyone and everyone affected recovers quickly and easily. Off to bed and hoping to be green lighted for a cabin exit in the morning. Alarm is going off at 7:00am. Hugs.
Live Vicariously Through Debra 
What!! Poop covered pier!!! No testing of kids coming on ship! Yes. Very much couldbe the cause!!! What were they thinking!! Clean those shoes! Love you
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