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Two weeks into a planned circumnavigation, Meghan Fabulous loses feeling in her right leg off the coast of Mexico.▶ 0:12 Her spinal surgeon orders a stat MRI and CT scan in Puerto Vallarta, confirms she needs immediate surgery, and she flies home while Steve Dunlap continues solo aboard their Lagoon 450 catamaran with their two pugs.▶ 0:26 The solo passage to Marina Chiapas runs overnight; Steve sails six hours with one reef in the main and 75% genoa, hitting 9 knots in 26–28 knots apparent wind before motoring the rest of the way with wind on the nose.▶ 2:28 A buddy boat called Sea Again keeps radio contact throughout.▶ 3:20 Meghan's recovery in Southern California and Las Vegas takes several weeks; post-surgical nerve pain is managed with steroids, and she reports being pain-free by day three.▶ 5:06 Steve drives from El Salvador to the airport to collect her, hand-carrying a pizza from Red Dwarf Pizza through three airports as a reunion surprise.▶ 6:16 The reunion happens aboard the boat in El Salvador, with the pugs present.▶ 7:45

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