chris31997
Disney Kid at Heart
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2010
I will do a TR shortly but I wanted to let people know about medical.
Unfortunatly we had to expeirance medical. My Father had a blood clot. The night before we ported in Skagway, my father was not feeling well. He was hoping it was a bad case of too much food
but the pain was bad enough he wanted to have it checked out with his history. Heart attack and all. He went to see medical.
Good news: not having a heart attack
Bad news: it was not too much food
Worse news: staying the night and figuring out what it was
He was diagnoised with a blood clot.
Both doctors and both nurses were taking care of him. The doctors were calling back to Atlanta to consulate with the shoreside team. They came up with a plan of attack. They kept my Dad and myself informed about what they wanted to do. They asked all sorts of questions and gave important warnings. They gave my Dad a clot buster.
In all my Dad had iv fluids, clot buster, an acid medcine, and morphine. He was hooked up to an ekg machine, the type you might see in an ambulance. He had an x-ray.
They took excellant care of him.
Silly me, thought that after the night, they would release him and that would be the end of it. Confined to the ship or wheelchair. However, he was to be medically evac. They had to verify that the clot was destroyed and that he had not had a heart attack that was not detected.
My father and brother left at Skagway and flew to Seattle. Where they were met by Disney and taken care of.
My Dad is fine.
The clot was busted on the ship. In fact, if he had not gone in it probably would have been a body removed that day. The clot was that close to his heart and it would have cause a massive heart attack.
Just some thoughts that I take away from this:
1. travel insurance:gotta have it
2. don't trust that there will be hospitals when you need them: we learned that in Sitka that there had not been a birth there in 20+ years, most women are flown out to Juneau or Whitehorse, Skagway, more houses have electricty than running water, except for Juneau half the population left the city during the winter.
Skagway did not have the medical facilities to deal or evaluate my father, that is why he was flown out.
3. medical teams on the Boats can deal with or handle just about anything.
4.Disney handles things like this very well and when the word went out that my Dad had left the ship his Room Steward, Serving Teams, and Guest Services all asked how he was and if we needed anything. Guest services even told us to see them so that we could call and check on them.
On a side note: if you ever have to use medical, let them know the outcome. The nurses were very happy to hear what had happened with my Dad and the impact they had on his life. The appreciated hearing it.
Unfortunatly we had to expeirance medical. My Father had a blood clot. The night before we ported in Skagway, my father was not feeling well. He was hoping it was a bad case of too much food
but the pain was bad enough he wanted to have it checked out with his history. Heart attack and all. He went to see medical. Good news: not having a heart attack
Bad news: it was not too much food
Worse news: staying the night and figuring out what it was
He was diagnoised with a blood clot.
Both doctors and both nurses were taking care of him. The doctors were calling back to Atlanta to consulate with the shoreside team. They came up with a plan of attack. They kept my Dad and myself informed about what they wanted to do. They asked all sorts of questions and gave important warnings. They gave my Dad a clot buster.
In all my Dad had iv fluids, clot buster, an acid medcine, and morphine. He was hooked up to an ekg machine, the type you might see in an ambulance. He had an x-ray.
They took excellant care of him.
Silly me, thought that after the night, they would release him and that would be the end of it. Confined to the ship or wheelchair. However, he was to be medically evac. They had to verify that the clot was destroyed and that he had not had a heart attack that was not detected.
My father and brother left at Skagway and flew to Seattle. Where they were met by Disney and taken care of.
My Dad is fine.
The clot was busted on the ship. In fact, if he had not gone in it probably would have been a body removed that day. The clot was that close to his heart and it would have cause a massive heart attack.Just some thoughts that I take away from this:
1. travel insurance:gotta have it
2. don't trust that there will be hospitals when you need them: we learned that in Sitka that there had not been a birth there in 20+ years, most women are flown out to Juneau or Whitehorse, Skagway, more houses have electricty than running water, except for Juneau half the population left the city during the winter.
Skagway did not have the medical facilities to deal or evaluate my father, that is why he was flown out.
3. medical teams on the Boats can deal with or handle just about anything.
4.Disney handles things like this very well and when the word went out that my Dad had left the ship his Room Steward, Serving Teams, and Guest Services all asked how he was and if we needed anything. Guest services even told us to see them so that we could call and check on them.
On a side note: if you ever have to use medical, let them know the outcome. The nurses were very happy to hear what had happened with my Dad and the impact they had on his life. The appreciated hearing it.
