I was literally in Belen and Regional (the two main hospitals in Trujillo) from 7am to 9 pm yesterday. I gave blood to a young girl who had her ovarian tumor removed (3-4 kilos!) and then went to help Patty get Don Jose internado (admitted) in to Regional for his prostate operation. It was an all day affair, but I am so glad that we are finally in! We bought everything that the insurance didn’t cover (115 soles…not bad eh?) We will be with him there the next few days. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) Sr. Leon, our favorite diabetic, is also at Regional. I hadn’t been able to find him this week and now I know why, he has been in the hospital. They have him on O2 and he is clean at least. He has a lot of fluid in his lungs and has some labs pending, so we will see what they are going to do with him. As sad as it is, sometimes I think our abuelitos are better taken care of in the hospital than in Wichanzao. They have hot baths and warm food and nice nurses (well, at least they are young!)
Highlights of the day: winning the blood donation race t(hat bag filled up so fast!)A and rubbernecking with the Peruvians at some of the ER cases that came in (bloody, yikes!)
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