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Welcome Aboard the Icon of The Seas!

Steve DOS and I had a wonderful sailing on Royal Caribbean’s (RCCL) the Icon of The Seas (OTS) the week of January 31. This sailing on the Icon OTS was for seven days, roundtrip out of Miami, and the ship…

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Jekyll Island January for the FOJI Formal Event!

Today is Monday, January 26, 2026 and Steve “DOS” and I drove up from our home in Orlando to Jekyll Island. We were just here the week of Christmas, and I wrote a detailed post about our wonderful week-long stay…

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Pre-Christmas Week at Home and Disney World!

After returning from our TransAtlantic cruise aboard the Sky Princess, Steve (DOS) and I had a few busy days at home before heading to Disney World for a week. Our biggest item on our home “To Do list”, was get…

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Arrival into Port Canaveral from our Trans-Atlantic Cruise on the Sky Princess!

And so our 16 night Trans-Atlantic cruise from South Hampton to Cape Canaveral finally came to a close on Sunday, November 30th. We had a nice last two days at sea, and on the final night, we gained one more…

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Showtime: Knee Replacement Surgery!

Update: It’s now May 7th as I write this, and am now recovering from my left Total Knee Replacement (TKR) surgery. I had the TKR surgery on April 17th at Advent Hospital South, and tomorrow (Thursday) will be 3 weeks…

Steve UnoMay 7, 2025June 19, 2025 anesthesia, Breakfast, CPAP Machine, Doctors, Health, Hospitals, Hotels, ICD internal Cardiac Defibrillator, Knee Replacement, Nurses, Orlando, Physical Therapy, Tesla, Welcome Home No Comments

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Discharge Day! Class Dismissed!

Note: Wow am I behind in posting with this blog! Since we’ve been home from Singapore, I’ve been in 2 hospitals for a total of 20 days, including the latest Rehab hospital for 10 days. I thought I had posted this already but…

Steve UnoFebruary 10, 2024February 10, 2024 Encompass Rehab Hospital Altamonte, Hospitals, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Singapore, Walking, Welcome Home, Wheelchair/Walkers No Comments

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Flying home on New Year’s Eve and Day. Happy New Year 2024!

(NOTE: It’s now January 28th and I’m currently in a Rehab Hospital in Orlando. This New Year’s Eve post was mostly written a while back and I’m just now posting it; which covers the end of our trip back from Singapore. I’m…

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I’ll Be Home for Christmas! And Thanksgiving too!

It’s now December 1st as I write this from our home in the Orlando area. We’re going easy on the Christmas decorations this year due to my recovery, energy levels, and lifting restrictions, but fortunately we leave the outdoor Christmas…

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Back Home: Both from the Norway Cruise and the Hospital!

Just a quick update for us. We got back home from our Island Princess Norway Cruise and post-stay in London on Friday July 1, after a flight delay caused us to return a day later. It actually allowed us to…

Steve UnoJuly 16, 2022August 1, 2022 COVID, Doctors, Emergency Room, Flights in 2022, Heart Conditions, Heart Valve replacement, Hospitals, London, Norway, Nurses, Open heart surgery, Orlando, Pacemaker, Welcome Home No Comments

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We Left the Ship, . . . In San Francisco! Touring around and heading home. Yikes – We got COVID!

When I left off on the last post, we were staying in San Francisco a couple days, after our continuing 4 night cruise segment to Vancouver on the Caribbean Princess was canceled. The ship’s explanation was it needed more time…

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