We are hoping to leave for The Bahamas in early January. We have been delayed leaving because Christine has had to wait to see a sport's medicine doctor at the Fowler Kennedy Clinic in London about her shoulder. She has had a sore shoulder since the summer and has had all of the tests and drugs but still no definitive diagnosis. The doctor in London has ordered a second ultrasound to be done at the clinic. Her feeling is that Christine may have rotator cuff tendonitis even though the first ultrasound did not indicate any problems. The ultrasound is on the 10th of this month with the follow up doctor's appointment on the 14th. The doctor spoke of an injection of cortisone at the time of the second appointment. Our hope is that with some pain relief and a diagnosis with a program of dos and don'ts, she will be able to go sailing. Living on Celebrian requires a little more effort than a holiday on a cruise ship so we have to make sure that she can function without causing further tendon damage. We will have a less adventuresome sail this winter but at least we will have a holiday. There are better sailing days ahead.
In the meantime while we wait we have kept ourselves busy with condo projects (painting), building book shelves and cottage close up for the winter.
The Christmas cactus is blooming so it is definitely time to get into the Christmas spirit. Even though we were hoping to be south for Christmas with our dear friends Lynn and Peter on First Edition we will be happy to share the holiday time with our friends and family in Ontario.
