An Unfortunate Accident in a Canoe

Hi This is Emily Witt, SG's traveling companion and guest blogger extraordinaire.

SG limped off to Stellenbosch today to do some wine tasting and traveling. You might be asking yourself why SG was limping. We went for a 3 day canoeing expedition this past weekend. On the third day, an exhausted SG and I rounded a bend only to encounter hectic and dangerous rapids. From my steering position in the back of the canoe I made a costly mistake sending our canoe into the air and dumping ourselves and our belongings into the rushing water. SG was throw onto a nearby rock and the canoe came crashing down on her, fracturing her right foot. I had to carry her the more than 6 miles to the nearest road.


.....and now for the story of what actually happened. SG tripped coming down the entrance to our house and injured her LEFT foot. I gave her the great advice that she would probably just sleep it off. Against this advice, SG went to a clinic yesterday where she learned that her foot was fractured and was informed that if she hadn't come in, her bone might HAVE DIED! She was given some sweet crutches by an apparently attractive young doctor who looked like he had just come in off the beach in order to wave her x-rays around in the air and tell her that her bone might die.

So, Today, armed with a cast covered by a plastic bag, SG trooped off to Stellenbosch, which is why I have the honor of writing this guest post. Nothing was going to keep SG, the insatiable lush, away from her wine tasting!

I'd also like to mention how good natured SG is being about all of this. Today she told me that she's happy to have the experience of being exposed to the South African healthcare system!