Märzen gets to come home this afternoon. We have an appointment to pick her up and talk with the doctor at 12:30. Hurray!
Thursday evening John's Aunt Phyllis came to pick up Tom, and they took us out to dinner. Phyllis used to live in Oxnard on one of the canals very near where we're docked. It was fun to hear her stories about sailing in the Channel Islands. They really had some adventures.
Kevin's on his way to pick up John and take him to the USC v Stanford game. Because it will be a late night tonight and we'll need to leave early to make the run to Marina Del Rey (our next stop), we've decided to stay yet one more day here. Except for a big, cold wind storm yesterday, this has been a very pleasant harbor.
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Good news. We got to visit with Märzen today for a few minutes. She's medicated and still on an IV, so she wasn't herself, but she was obviously very glad to see us. The doctor says she's doing really well but has to stay on the IV at least through tomorrow to give her pancreas a rest and ease the inflammation. They'll do another blood test tomorrow, and if it's as good as expected, we'll be able to bring her home Saturday afternoon.
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After we took Märzen to the hospital yesterday, we took the rest of the day off. I didn't do laundry as I'd planned, so I still have that to look forward to. John did walk to West Marine late in the afternoon, and on the way back to the boat he stopped at the vet's (they're in the same strip mall). They said Märzen was a little perkier, so that's good. I'll stop by when I go to do the laundry a little later today. (The Laundromat is in the same strip mall too.)
We just took the dinghy down to the harbor master's office to extend our stay here. We're paid up until Sunday noon. On the way back I started the motor and drove the dinghy for the first time. It wasn't bad, but I think it's more fun as a passenger.
We have a new neighbor on the dock, another Baja Ha-Ha boat named Jammin. Jammin is owned and sailed by Dave and Helen Peoples from Milwaukie, Oregon, but right now Dave is on his own while Helen attends to some health problems back in Oregon. Although our home port is San Francisco, we have deep roots in Portland, so we feel an extra connection with Dave - even though he is a Beavers fan.
By the way, our SSB radio has been working great. John has been updating our position using Sailmail when we don't have Internet. So even if there's no blog entry, you can still see where we are.
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