Well we’ve had a little excitement in our lives. New Years Day we went out to eat at our favorite restaurant. Bill had breaded and fried chicken fillet – it is delicious but I decided it was still early so I’d have eggs and bacon. We both had French fries and salad. The rest of the day passed nicely. Took a little drive to watch the fishermen again and then back to motorhome. Ate leftovers for dinner. About 9:30 Bill was had his head in the john visiting with “Ralph.” Oh, Oh! Every 20 to 30 minutes he was back in there. By 3:30 a.m. I was starting to get worried. So I woke up our neighbors who’ve been coming here for 52 years and she is a nurse to ask them if they had any anti nausea medicine. Nope but they did know if we went into Old Kino there was a Red Cross station there. It is kind of like an emergency room with ambulance and paramedics. So into Old Kino we went, about 6.5 miles. Found the Red Cross the paramedic there walked us over to the clinic where there was a very nice doctor. He said he had lots of patients that night with vomiting etc. Hum wonder where they ate? Any way he diagnosed food poisoning. Gave Bill a shot for the upchucks and a prescription for pills. Back to motorhome we went. Believe me it was a very long night. The shot didn’t take effect right away. Poor guy I felt so sorry for him, I think his toenails came up – there wasn’t anything else left to come up. (Oh, doctor did say basically expect to get worse and don’t drink anything with sugar as it will make the diarrhea worse. Diarrhea? Oh boy.) Also to drink Suera? as it would help with the dehydration and loss of electrolytes.) At 8 the next morning I drove, yes me, into Old Kino, over the under construction dirt road, to the pharmacy. Got there about 8:20 sign on door said open at 8:30. Waited. And waited. Finally left at 9:15 to go back to check on Bill. Stopped at little market and found Suera (it is like Gatorade but without the sugar.) Doctor was right – diarrhea was visiting too. So back to Pharmacy. It was open! Got pills for vomiting and after much pantomiming with sound effects (use your imagination) got pills for diarrhea.
Any way – yesterday was pretty much a blur. But the pills have done their magic. We both slept some last night. Today he is feeling better and has managed to get up for reasons other than visiting the bathroom. Even ate a little chicken soup. Campbells. So between the cold he just got over and this I’m sure he will not be himself for a while. Just give me patience please.
All the time we have spent in foreign countries this is the first time either one of us has gotten sick. But it could happen any where – in fact a couple of my kids got food poisoning from eating in an IHop in CA.
So much for my sad story.
