This morning Matt and I had a very early and unexpected start to the day, and so bear with me as I recount the tale. Not long after we had turned the lights out last night to go to bed, I had heard some rustling noises of the outer bag of a few small bags of chips for snacks, that were sitting on top of the bar fridge. Matt discounted it, and said it was just the wind blowing the curtains against them. However, I had read on the information sheet about the eco retreat, that it was advised to put any food in the fridge, as there were occasionally rodents. So, when the scrunching noise came and went a few times, and I expressed my concerns, Matt got up and put the bag on the floor, and away from the curtains that admittedly, had been blowing in the wind against the fridge. We both nodded off to sleep, but I did keep getting woken up hearing the chip packet scrunching noise. go to sleep i said , nothings in here i said.
As the night wore on, my phone started to bleep as it sat on charge near the fridge, and so I got up to put it on silent, and I figured I would turn the torch on and just look for what might be causing the noise. Upon turning the torch on, I noticed that were some wet patches on the floor, where I had placed my backpack that contained my TPN. I realized that my IV tubing was leaking at the filter and surrounding line. My first thought was that the filter was at fault, as I have previously had IV lines with faulty filters. So Matt woke up at that point and helped me clean up the puddles of sticky and smelly fluid beside the bed and in the bathroom and wherever else I had placed the backpack during the night. Fortunately it was not on the bedding. Matt scrubbed the floor, while I cleaned the backpack and myself up and disconnected the line and locked the Hickmans catheter connected to me. When its 3.50am in the morning, this was not fun. We went to bed after putting the chips back up on top of the fridge again, and turned the light out, and as we began to nod off, the scrunching noise started up again, on and off evey few minutes. But this time there wasn't much breeze. I then went to reach for my phone, which was now beside my bed, and as I glanced over my shoulder, I saw a shadow slip behind the bed, away from my open zip-lock bag of medications. Now entirely convinced that Matt and I were not alone, I got up and turned the light on and Matt went over to the fridge and there was a big fat Mr Rat, chip in hand!! Of course the cheeky bugger disappeared very quickly after being caught in the act. So then Matt tried to find where he disappeared to, and suspected it was in the motor section at the back of the bar fridge. Eventually he decided it was best to put the fridge outside. it was the easiest way to go back to bed. I also, in the clean up of the TPN fluid, had wondered why a medication wrapping had gotten onto the floor, well now I know. So I then went and looked at the IV line more closely and yes the filter and line had evidence that it had been chewed by our unwelcome visitor and was the cause of the leak.
Eventually we sorted things out and hid the remaining chips and tub of biscuits (with the plastic lid chewed) and my medications in a drawer. Sigh! We then endeavoured to try and get more sleep, before the sun woke us up. Before we knew it, the sun was up and we had to get up and venture up to the resort and have a delicious breakfast, and Matt enjoyed a well deserved strong coffee.
We took a stroll along the other end of the beach and rocks for a bit, before we headed into the rather lovely water, not too cold, and really was quite tolerable and almost warm. Brenda and David joined us. We watched a couple of tour boats arrive with some day visitors to the resort and another couple that will stay here overnight. So alas, we won't have the place to our own little group anymore. Eventually I got out and went and read a book for a bit before we opted to connect me up to today's TPN bag early, and will disconnect at bedtime, so there is no risk for any night visitor to repeat what happened overnight. We enjoyed a lovely lunch of a prawn and salad roll, with smashed roast potatoes. I enjoyed some afternoon shut eye, and Matt later joined me. But as I write this little tale, Matt has gone for an afternoon swim with the others, the sun is shining over the clear turquoise waters, and I will finish this blog after dinner!
a bit later...
We went for an afternoon stroll with Brenda and David, along the East Beach and found a possible site where a turtle laid eggs last night. It was lovely to chill together and chat as we walked along this beautiful beach. We headed back and got ready for dinner, and watching the sunset on the balcony, and others had drinks. We enjoyed another meal, with Matt trying a lobster ravioli and then we had a floating eggwhite on caramel custard for dessert. To finish our time on the island we had a fire on the beach, before heading to bed, and hoping we have a less disturbed night and get some sleep without any surprise visitors. The moon is full but hiding behind clouds at the moment.
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