Virtual Health Check ... Virtual Travel

Stay @ home order day 12.

Mui saw the doctor today ... virtually.

No, don’t worry ... it’s not COVID-19 related. His allergies have kicked into full gear these past few days ... possibly turning into a sinus infection. His “wet” cough has been the worst of his problems as the tickle in his throat wakes him throughout the night ... which means he doesn’t get a good night’s rest.

He’s battled this respiratory issue all his life, so he knows the symptoms well. He emailed his primary care physician over the weekend. She responded Saturday with the suggestion he change his antihistamine and set up a virtual urgent care appointment ... just in case. Dotting all the i’s and crossing the t’s ... that’s a good thing.

We picked up the recommended antihistamine yesterday ... and scheduled the virtual care appointment this morning. The process on the UC Health portal was easy peasy — select a time (there were plenty to choose from); complete a questionnaire that includes a description of symptoms and recent travel history; click the submit button to confirm.

The appointment itself was a video conference. An admin person called 15 minutes before the designated time to confirm Mui’s identity and help him start the conference. Then a nurse practitioner took over. She listened to Mui’s concerns and agreed that his symptoms were not COVID-19 related (whew), and prescribed additional meds to help him get over the crud.

By the way, she agreed with what we’ve been hearing on the news ... that the next two weeks are going to be the worst we’ve seen yet on the coronavirus front. So — stay home everyone and do your part to flatten the curve. That’s what we will be doing.

If you enjoy armchair traveling, and you need something to entertain yourself while you’re home, here’s a link to the photos I have processed from our 2017 voyage around the world: http://2totravelrtw180.blogspot.com/p/our-rtw-i…. This link will take you to my blog page with a list of our ports of call. Where I have created online galleries, the name of the port is clickable and will take you to the appropriate gallery.

So far, I’ve processed photos for 30 days of our 180-day adventure. Yeah ... I’ve got a long ways to go yet. But hey, I have plenty of time these days to get caught up.

Oh, and if you want to see photos from our days at sea and some of our activities on board, you can click this link: https://eenusa.smugmug.com/RTW-2017/Voyage/Days….

All in all ... a good day.

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