Today I woke up at sea, sailing across the Mediterranean.
At Sea.
I didn't feel well when I woke up this morning & didn't bother going down for breakfast. By 10 am I was feeling very unwell, I was dehydrated & feeling a bit dizzy & I decided I had better go & see the ships, Doctor. I made my way down to the hospital on deck 0 & waited to see the Doctor. A very good-looking nurse took all my details & after about 20 minutes I was led to see a Doctor. Both the nurse & the Doctor spoke very good English & after asking me about my medical history, checking my blood pressure, temperature & doing a physical examination of me they took me into a treatment room. I was laid on a hospital bed & after a few attempts at finding a vein, the nurse connected an intravenous drip into my left hand. I was told it was an electrolyte mixture to rehydrate my body. Whatever the mixture was it worked quickly & within minutes my mouth felt less dry & I felt a little bit better. After an hour the nurse removed the empty drip & the Doctor told me I could leave but that I was not to take in any alcohol, fruit juice, milk, cream, dairy products or basically any food that tasted good.
I spent most of the day taking in water to rehydrate, walking around the ship & people watching or sleeping in my cabin.
Video of the main atrium on the Costa Diadema.
This evening I went to dinner with Gail but I could only eat a plain spaghetti bolognese. When we left we went to listen to one of the bands in the Teadora lounge but I could only drink a peach tea & I went to my cabin early & went to bed.