speuci
Registered
We are presently in Coz, my GF finished her cert on tuesday and yesterday we did her first open water boat dives, columbia reef (to 85ft for about 20 mins bottom time) - we stayed a few minutes within the no-deco profile, but the profile (on the vt3) was set to conservative, 1 hour surface, san fran wall to about 60ft for about 40 minutes - well within profile, and each with a normal safety stop. After each dive, she had a slight headache ( which I've had myself on occasion) - we were well hydrated the days before, but I feel as though yesterday we stopped drinking lots of water.
After the dives, we returned to the hotel, showerd, and went out for lunch. We sat outside, but shaded for about 2 hours (almost no water consumption) at which point she started getting a bit dizzy and lots of nausea (she felt a rocking sensation which made me think of possible sea sickness). Took her back to the hotel (AC) and let her relax and made her drink lots of water. She took a 30 minute nap and felt better afterwards. Several hours later we were driving around COZ and she started to experience nausia again, so we went to the hospital to get her checked out (the one with the chamber). The doc said she was dehydrated, and might have mild DCS, and put forth the possibility of going in the chamber. He wasn't adimant and we opted to wait to see how she felt in the morning (which he didn't object to). We then went back to the hotel and she drank several bottles of pedialyte (electrolyte water). This morning, she says she feels absolutely normal - we are definately not diving today, and we are going back for a follow up check with the docter, but I'd like to get your thoughts (and the communities' thoughts) on:
1) What you think her issue was,
2) What we did wrong,
3) What we did right...
Thanks!
After the dives, we returned to the hotel, showerd, and went out for lunch. We sat outside, but shaded for about 2 hours (almost no water consumption) at which point she started getting a bit dizzy and lots of nausea (she felt a rocking sensation which made me think of possible sea sickness). Took her back to the hotel (AC) and let her relax and made her drink lots of water. She took a 30 minute nap and felt better afterwards. Several hours later we were driving around COZ and she started to experience nausia again, so we went to the hospital to get her checked out (the one with the chamber). The doc said she was dehydrated, and might have mild DCS, and put forth the possibility of going in the chamber. He wasn't adimant and we opted to wait to see how she felt in the morning (which he didn't object to). We then went back to the hotel and she drank several bottles of pedialyte (electrolyte water). This morning, she says she feels absolutely normal - we are definately not diving today, and we are going back for a follow up check with the docter, but I'd like to get your thoughts (and the communities' thoughts) on:
1) What you think her issue was,
2) What we did wrong,
3) What we did right...
Thanks!