Well, well, well. What a weekend. As you can see from the picture, the Labor Day weekend was not without incident. I can't tell you how much we were looking forward to a wonderful weekend in the Bahamas. As we all know, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Well, that's what happened here.
We flew directly from Atlanta to Marsh Harbor (via Miami), which was a lot easier than driving from Atlanta to Daytona then flying out from there. So, we got there Thursday afternoon, and had a wonderful first day.
Day 2: The real fun begins. We decided to go fishing off the coast that morning, so we all packed up and headed out for the day. Amy caught started off a great day with a nice Wahoo, which you can see in the pic.
We spent several hours hitting a couple of fishing holes that the Rentz's knew about, then decided to head towards a herd of boats we thought may know something that we didn't.
As we sped up, a series of swells popped the boat's bow in the air, which popped Amy up in the air. She popped up enough to almost get her feet underneath her. The boat then started to come up for another swell as she was coming down. The Result: Amy's broken leg. Fortunately, we were able to get the leg splinted with some life vest and a bait net. Sadly, my idea of using a "harpoon" was unsucessful. The local EMS met us at the shore after an hour long ride to shore. There, we got to a local doctors office where we x-rayed, attempted to reduce, then casted her leg.
After arriving back at the Rentz's house, we consulted with a few Orthopods who let us know that there wasn't much to do over the Labor Day weekend. Thus, we decided to stick around in the Bahamas for the weekend. Heck, if you have to sit around in a cast, it might as well be next to a pool, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean drinking Kaliks.
We made it home safely, and Amy had surgery on her leg several days later. She's doing well and can't wait to get back out on the water...yeah right.
(Dawn in Abaco)
4 comments:
#1 - had to read blog 3 x's before realized it was matt writing
#2 - love the new layout
#3 - new layout confusing as there is so much "new tech" stuff we are not used to
#4 - absolutely LOVE heart LOVE the x-ray
#5 - enjoy the doctor banter from dr. carter noah wylie
**the competition is on!
The competition is on? No. It's already over.
Hey kids! I'm loving the new posts, although seeing that X-ray made me pass out and vomit again... Is there a 'smiley' for that??
Miss you guys!
Omgoodness! Amy! Had to figure out why in the world you had a cast on when I first linked to your blog and saw the pic on your latest post! Good lawd child! Happy Labor Day weekend to you...Yooouch at that x-ray! I hope you're healing fast and will be out of that thing before you know it. Thank you so much for your sweet comment...made me smile. Funny thing, I was just thinking about you this week and of how I haven't been by since Briley was 6 weeks...but you weren't there. :o( We should meet for lunch one Sat. or something...I would bring Briley, of course! I miss you, and I'm so happy to see that you and Matt are doing so well. Y'all seem so great together. I really do hope to see you sooner than later!!!
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