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My sister-in-law wants to go on a cruise with us, and she has to have
oxygen. Does anyone have pointers on how to go about this. We will be on the Glory Sep. 2. Thanks for any info that you can provide. A newbie to the group. Thanks |
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Kurt, thanks for the timely, complete information to Redneck. I was
researching the answers when I again checked the headers and found your post. Job well done! "Kurt Ullman" wrote in message ... In article , wrote: My sister-in-law wants to go on a cruise with us, and she has to have oxygen. Does anyone have pointers on how to go about this. We will be on the Glory Sep. 2. Thanks for any info that you can provide. A newbie to the group. Thanks Check in with the cruiseline for particulars. Most likely what will happen is that they say you can have your own. Unless they are driving, that will usually mean that they have to make arrangements to have oxygen delivered to the boat. In many (if not most) cases, their local supplier can make arrangements with someone local to the port to take care of it. The problem will most often be with the airlines since you can't bring oxygen on board and you MUST use their cannisters that have FAA approval. Get in touch with the airline to see what they need to have done in the way of paperwork, etc. Usually the American Lung Association or your local equivalent will have information and/or people who know the ins and outs. You might also want to check around to see if there is a nearby travel medicine clinic that can help you. One article on the subject that is fairly comprehensive is at http://www.goworldtravel.com/ex/aspx...f7b-4e53-9b4e- 5edd380d7617&pageNum=2/xe/article.htm http://tinyurl.com/fhg49 General website for American Lung Assoc is: http://www.lungusa.org/ And the International Society of Travel Medicine http://www.istm.org/ Which has a listing of travel clinics. Personally I would probably get started on making the arrangements right away. |
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"LVTravel" wrote: Kurt, thanks for the timely, complete information to Redneck. I was researching the answers when I again checked the headers and found your post. Job well done! Thanks. I have written a couple of articles on the subject, although neither was actually picked up and printed. It was mainly from memory (g). |
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"LVTravel" wrote: Kurt, thanks for the timely, complete information to Redneck. I was researching the answers when I again checked the headers and found your post. Job well done! One other thing, although I don't know if it will be of interest in this case, many of the airlines now have RNs on staff who will travel with the seriously ill person. American Airlines for instance has Skycaare (get it?). For those interested, this is a link to an article that actually got published (grin) http://community.nursingspectrum.com...le.cfm?AID=413 5 http://tinyurl.com/pgt4 |
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On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:49:03 -0400, wrote:
My sister-in-law wants to go on a cruise with us, and she has to have oxygen. Does anyone have pointers on how to go about this. We will be on the Glory Sep. 2. Thanks for any info that you can provide. A newbie to the group. Thanks Is there any reason why you can't ask the cruise company? |
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Thanks for the info.We will be driving personnel vechicle. We have contacted the cruise lines. Waiting on answer. At first her supplier said that they would deliver to ship, then they said that they will deliver to the hotel only. We will have 5 people and their luggage in one vehicle, so may be hard to carry our own supply.We thougt that maybe someone that had a personel experience could give us some pointers. On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:13:44 GMT, Kurt Ullman wrote: In article , wrote: My sister-in-law wants to go on a cruise with us, and she has to have oxygen. Does anyone have pointers on how to go about this. We will be on the Glory Sep. 2. Thanks for any info that you can provide. A newbie to the group. Thanks Check in with the cruiseline for particulars. Most likely what will happen is that they say you can have your own. Unless they are driving, that will usually mean that they have to make arrangements to have oxygen delivered to the boat. In many (if not most) cases, their local supplier can make arrangements with someone local to the port to take care of it. The problem will most often be with the airlines since you can't bring oxygen on board and you MUST use their cannisters that have FAA approval. Get in touch with the airline to see what they need to have done in the way of paperwork, etc. Usually the American Lung Association or your local equivalent will have information and/or people who know the ins and outs. You might also want to check around to see if there is a nearby travel medicine clinic that can help you. One article on the subject that is fairly comprehensive is at http://www.goworldtravel.com/ex/aspx...f7b-4e53-9b4e- 5edd380d7617&pageNum=2/xe/article.htm http://tinyurl.com/fhg49 General website for American Lung Assoc is: http://www.lungusa.org/ And the International Society of Travel Medicine http://www.istm.org/ Which has a listing of travel clinics. Personally I would probably get started on making the arrangements right away. |
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If the sis-in law expires w/o oxygenn you can get a burial at sea and
save a few bux. Kurt Ullman wrote: In article , wrote: Thanks for the info.We will be driving personnel vechicle. We have contacted the cruise lines. Waiting on answer. At first her supplier said that they would deliver to ship, then they said that they will deliver to the hotel only. We will have 5 people and their luggage in one vehicle, so may be hard to carry our own supply.We thougt that maybe someone that had a personel experience could give us some pointers. There is an alt.support.asthma newsgroup that might be a more target rich environment for personal stories. Good hunting and make sure she has fun!! |
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Leave it to big jim backpacker to come up with a (what he thinks is
cute) idea, what a moron cruise lover |
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