Someone on CC commented that the Mariner on it's way to Hawaii turned around because of medical problem

Wow Jim, I wonder how far they were.

My guess is halfway to Hawaii - wonder how come they didn't head for LA or San Diego?

Kathy,
Sorry to get WAY off the subject here...but I notice one of your cruises that you have listed says it is with grandkids...you can't be old enough to have grandkids!!!

Kathy, Mariner left from San Francisco so my guess is that their course makes it quicker to return to SF rather than LA or San Diego. I wonder if they'll skip Hawaii as a port and head straight for Tahiti?

Sheri -

That's what's left over from my first marriage! I got the Twin 9 year old Granddaughters and a great relationship with his daughter as well. I just adore those girls. See what happens when you marry used husbands!

What most people do not recognize is that San Fran is closer to Hawaii than LA is. LA is much further east than SF.

That's great Kathy!
Sorry...I am going to quit butting in to another thread! :)

Based on what I read on CC, they were about 1-1/2 days into a 5 day transit, so about 1/3 of the way. Obviously less than 1/2 since Hawaii has just as good capabilities to handle medical issues.

Probably, all told, they'll be 3-4 days behind on the itinerary.

Three transits through the Golden Gate though (and that is pretty neat).

Scott, Transits thru the Golden Gate are awesome!!!!!!

I do hope that the medical problem will be o.k.

Betty

This posted elsewhere, I hope the lady is doing well.


Last night at dinner in the La Veranda a lady sitting a couple tables away started to feel ill and was being escorted out of the restaurant when she collapsed into a chair. Two nurses arrived within minutes with a wheelchair and attempted to move the lady to the chair when she collapsed and had a stroke.

Code blue was called while the nurses began CPR. Within several minutes a doctor arrived and they revived the lady. A stretcher team was brought in and the lady was taken away.

She is currently stable but needs immediate evacuation.

5:45PM PST

Good to hear her condition is stabilized. She was very fortunate to have immediate intervention. Hopefully any long-term damage has been averted. I wish her well.

I got a call today from someone who was on the Mariner when this happened. She is one of my adopted mothers, Sally, and does not post here as she does not use the internet but has heard all about the boards. She wanted me to post the following and then send her a copy.

She thought RSSC handled this extremely well, they gave each passenger a $500 future cruise credit for the change in schedule and had an open bar.

She thought it was terrific that Regent cared enough about a passenger to turn back a big ship like the Mariner and also cared enough about the other pasengers as well to pay that $500 to every passenger on board. She pointed out that cost the cruise line a lot of money and this was not a fault of the cruise line that they were responsible for the change in itinerary.

She mentioned someone was in the elevator complaining because they missed an island. She said she could not help it (she is a fiesty lady) she said "well how would you feel if it was your life in jeopardy, do you think RSSC should just risk your life so the rest of the ship can see an island"

Those of you who have met Sally I bet you can just imagine her saying that.

Way to go, Sally!

Bravo to Sally!!!!

That is terrific that Sally has that spunk to speak out. I vote that we all doing something like that at least once in a while and make the world a better place. Too many people out of fear of offending others just keep quiet. Speak up!

(JoAnna, you want to give lessons? I love your ability to speak up and say it like it is!)

Hmm, wonder why they didn't evacuate the ill passenger by Care Flight. When we were in Svalbard last summer, they had to evacuate a patient from the Navigator. Don't know where the helicopter landed, because the Navigator doesn't have a heliport. Not sure if the Mariner has a heliport either, but obviously there's a way to land a helicopter on the ship. It could be that this patient wasn't stable enough to go by helicopter or something????

Who knows, but I am sure if there was an easier way they would have done that. I am sure they did not want to give out all those $500 future cruise credits.

Or they were too far away from land for a helicopter to reach them?

Masaki