Today was the start of our dreaded head hose project. It began at 10:00 after getting the boat ripped apart for the surgery. The surgeon got his first cut at 10:10 and the nurse started cautioning to "wear gloves". After the third nick he caved and put on the rubber gloves.
Next he had to drill a larger entry hole in the head floor, we are talking big fingers and little holes to work in, and one in the panel under the dinette seat. The real mumbling began when he cut the hose (sealed the ends with Gorilla Tape), and tried to pull it out only to find it was zip tied together with other hoses. Oh man, it was not a good moment, that ended up taking an hour to remedy as the hoses were not in accessible areas. The nurse stood by with protective nose gear waiting for the big stink. By 11:45 the 6 feet of hose was out and in the dumpster.
By 4:00 two pieces of hose were replaced and the toilet ( which in its life with us has spent many hours on the back deck) was replaced. The surgeon then told the nurse the technicalities of the surgery. It was a successful replacement of arteries that were 90% closed (we won't go there) that were causing the entire system to back up and fail thus causing odors to leak out the pores. One could liken it to kidney failure but since valves were also practically closed off with.... (nope not gonna go there either)
it could be likened to a heart valve replacement with the veins being stripped and replaced. Do you like my analogy?
Tomorrow is another day....we made it through today. Yea!
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