Re: 1973 wellcraft 165 sport airslot project w/ pics
Hey fellas! Been a while...but with all the craziness I have had going on since last fall I havent had the time to fart around on the internet.
First I will give an update on the boat. The only thing I have done is watched the weight of 20" of snow buckle my home built pvc structure
ripping my cover to pieces in the process. Thats it.
Now for the reason. As I told you guys my wife is pregnant with my first child(a boy!) we have tried for 8 years with all kinds of troubles. This time has been no different...except she is still pregnant 29 weeks later! The baby is doing well but my wife has not fared so well. First it started with her nearly giving birth at 20 weeks which would have certainly ended my sons life. We were just going in for a routine ultrasound when the ob checked her cervix length and found that it was shortening rapidly so he sent us to a high risk doctor who did some tests and rushed her to surgery to stitch her cervex closed to keep it from dilating and allowing the baby to be born. This is called a cerclage.
So now that my baby is locked inside we have a 50/50 shot of going full term. Not the best odds but it had to be done. The kicker is that she was put on strict bedrest for the rest of the pregnancy which means she cant do anything except go to the bathroom. No work, no income. Thank god she took out a aflac policy for short and long term disability which allows her to bring in 80% of her pay.
Now the kicker is that a few days into being on bedrest, she developed gall bladder disease which made her vomit uncontrollably and experience the worst pain one could imagine. Needless to say we end up in the ER where they tell us that she needs to have it removed. But, cant do that. With having the cerclage any surgery requiring anistesia will force her into labor. So the only thing that she can do is be on a NO fat diet. Now I dont know if you have ever looked at fat content on any type of food, thats nearly impossible. That and I am the one responsible for all the shopping and preperation of her meals due to her being on bedrest. On top of that I have to work all day with my herniated disk then come home and be househusband. Laundry, cleaning, shopping, cooking, everything...AND on top of that I am having to do our master bath remodel on the weekends so that when her family comes out from Colorado that they have a bathroom to themselves.
I have NO time for boat work!!!!! Damn it. But the weather is turning and as soon as the baby is born and my wife has healed from having her gallbladder removed, I am back on the boat full force.
Sorry for the long winded post but I thought I needed to explain my absence. Hate being away from this forum. Im gonna go check out everyones progress now! Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers!
