Turn About

We have spent far too many days hoping that Jim would get over this unrelenting cough.

At least when we look out the window there are still new sights to behold. For example,the iguana - not very usual within the town limits but we have 2 of them in this yard.








Our landlady kindly gave us her doctor's name and called him to come and see Jim. Poor Jim has just spent too many night coughing and the last couple of nights were the worst. He seemed so fevered too and nothing was helping.

So the doctor came to our place, listened to his lung function and told us that Jim should be in his little clinic bed where he could be watched closely for the next 48 hours.

Apparently he has bronchitis and if he doesn't get it treated right away it could become chronic.

We jumped in the doctor's car and he took us to the clinic - easy walking distance from here. We realized we had walked past it many times but ignored it because the other doctors look after gynocology and maternity. Our doctor is a gp.

The clinic has 4 beds, private rooms with their own bathroom and they put Jim in the end unit - as far from the ladies area as possible.




They quickly got him to take his clothes off, put on a lovely yellow gown and get in bed. Right away a very cute nurse came in and set up a drip line and shortly after brought in 2 large vials of antibiotics which she added to the drip. On top of that she brought another vial which was to help get his fever down.





Now was time for the hooka pipe - or that's what Jim fancied it to be. It is a puffer thing, I think it's like a cool steamer with meds in it, and he will be asked to puff on that ever 4 hours.


We were both so relieved to believe that he was actually going to get some real help and get rid of the cough that we are quite happy about this turn of events.

I left Jim there and went downtown to buy him some kleenex, yogurt and juice. Shortly after I returned to his room a girl brought him his supper. A nice bowl of soup with macaroni in it and 2 cheese tortillas. A drink of fruit juice as well.


He even has a tv in his room so I guess that might help him with his Spanish too.

I left him about 6:30, the doctor had returned to check him again and a nurse will be there all night.

Good thing we opted for travel/medical insurance again this year.

I will see him again in the morning. I think he'll actually sleep better tonight. It seemed like some of the meds were already helping.