Tuesday April 2: I feel a little guilty about spending so much time on this post about my health. I know that there are several people reading this that silently deal with far worse problems than mine. And, I also know that my ailments are temporary. Someday all this ear pain will go away. Still, the travel journal is a daily diary of our travel, and for the last week we have had the added companion of this constant and escalating (debilitating) pain. Today I decided to just stay in bed hoping complete rest might throw this thing off, and also because the minimal pain came when I lay totally motionless. At this point ibuprofen was doing little to give me relief. In the afternoon Sandy came into the bedroom, patted my leg which woke me and said “we are going to the doctor”. I told her “no, I think I’m getting better.” She said “no, you’re not, and the doctor is waiting.” The doctor is waiting? Jeez she was serious. I told her I didn’t think I could drive. She said she didn’t think I could drive either and our AirBnB host was waiting to take us. When Sandy starts mobilizing things she tends to get action.
Next thing I know I am in a doctor’s office (he and his nurse have both come in on their day off). He spent about 15 minutes with me and another 10 minutes using Google Translate to talk with Sandy and Franco, our host. Everything got sorted out and I ended up with a prescription for two drugs. The farmacia closes everyday around noon and does not reopen until four, so our host drove us back to the house where I again tucked myself into bed. Franco said he’d pick up the prescriptions for us when the farmacia re-opened. Franco brought the two drugs to us a little after 5:00PM and by 8:00 the pain was starting to finally subside.
Neither the doctor nor the nurse working on their day off or Franco who purchased the prescriptions would accept any payment or reimbursement from us, despite Sandy’s persistent attempts.
And Sandy, made this all happen, she made me stop hurting. We have always been very lucky travelers.
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