Medivac!

Ahh what excitement on the 7th continent. So on Tuesday September 26th around 1:30 in the afternoon Palmer station members were gathered together and informed that one of our fellow Palmeranians had a possible appendicitis and needed to be medivacked. Those of us scheduled to depart on Sept. 5th now had 4 hours to pack and get ready to leave. So I managed a last meal on station, thanks Diane the cherry pie kicked ass! I also managed to glue together a sushi tray I was making, thanks Graham and Jordan. So off we went with 2 or 3 game plans. As it would turn out we headed to King George Island and the Chilean station there had medical facilities that could perform surgery if needed but there was also a plane standing by. Our patient was offloaded around 7:45 am and by 9am was in the air headed to Punta Arenas and a proper hospital. That done we waited until the plane was past the point of safe return, about noon, and then........headed back to Palmer! So I've decide to stay on the boat and help out with another fishing trip (for science)instead of moving all my stuff back on station only to haul it back to the boat on Sept. 5th. Had the opportunity to take lots of pics on the medivac trip and should have another 3 days on this fishing trip. I'll get to eat on station tonight and hang out in the bar with friends but tomorrow I'm guessing we will leave after breakfast and head out on a 3-4 day trip. So back out on deck to see if the bergy bits in front of the pier are yielding to the boat.
Cheers