An unexpected delay in Townsville
01 December 2012 | Townsville
Catherine
Well, we haven't dragged, which is always a relief! But we have been in a townsville longer than we intended, seeing more of the Townsville amenities than we might have liked! The kids have enjoyed almost full days at the swimming baths here, and have been happy to have a break for the odd bit of maths or postcard writing, but they've had such little opportunity to actually swim these past few weeks, that we've been happy for them to have some down time from school.
We were disappointed that the water park was cleaned for its weekly clean the day we went to visit but returned the next day for a fun filled afternoon. I think we were all pretty delighted that the winds were a little too strong on the nose for us to want to attempt the next leg (we've taken to enjoying sailing rather than enduring it, so have become more reluctant to go out in 25 knots from the South East. Back to the swimming baths again whilst Mark cracked on with the saloon cushions. We also enjoyed a full days visit to the Queensland Tropical Museum. A repeat visit to the water park and everyone was having great fun until Mia slipped and banged her head. Unfortunately no one saw what happened, but when I went to get her up, she seemed really dazed and confused. She still doesn't remember what happened. After a few minutes she seemed a bit better except for a cracking headache, so I thought the best thing to do was to get back to the boat where she could have a cold drink of water and a lie down. We'd had a busy day after all. When we got home though, she got worse and worse, still complaining of a headache and then throwing up. After a chat to the a and e nurse, we decided to take her back to land and head to the emergency department. By the time we had arrived, poor Mia had been sick another four times which put her in the category for having a CT scan. Thankfully, all was well, Mia pretty much slept through the whole four hours at the hospital after being given an antiemetic which knocked her out more than the bang on the head. There was no blood or stitches. In fact, we couldn't even tell where she had hit her head. I'm glad though that we went and had her checked out. And the emergency staff didn't make me out to be a paranoid mother which is a lasting memory of my only visit to a and e in Jersey when Mia was a couple of months old! Two visits to a and e in 9 years isn't that bad.
I think it's time to get back out to sea. It's a dangerous place on land.