Peruvian Hospitals

Hi everyone-
Sorry that I have not posted since my first day here, but I have been kind of busy- but not in a good way. :( I'm okay now, but I have been pretty sick the last two days. It started at 5:30 yesterday morning- sorry if this gross, but I was sick to my stomach every 15-20 minutes from then until 1ish and then sick off and on until 7:30pm. By then I was so dehydrated that I wasn't able to stand up very well or walk evenly. I called my parents to ask them a question about something else and I ended up having a mini-meltdown on the phone. To be honest, I don't really remember what I said, but it was scary enough that my parents called Vickie Miller, the woman that runs the orphanage with her husband, but are in Liberty, MO. Vickie called Alex, a worker here, and he along with another person came to my door and asked me to go the hospital with them. I must have looked pretty scary because they wouldn't take no for an answer. Alex brought me to an emergency room in Trujillo- he stopped and picked up his brother who speaks fluent English to help with all the translating. As soon as the Doctor saw me he said that I would have to stay there overnight. I was extremely dehydrated and my pulse was pretty low because of that. They think that it was something I ate on the train the day before that caused it. Everything in Peru moves really slow so it was another hour before I was wheeled to a room. Alex and his brother, Pablo stayed with me until I was settled. In Peru, you have to buy all of the supplies that they think you will need before they do anything. So Alex bought the bags of medicine for my IV, the suringes, the tape, everything before the nurse would do anything! It was crazy! I honestly don't remember much more of last night- I know I was sick a little bit more and then fell in and out of sleep for the rest of the night. This morning I woke up feeling so much better! Alex came back with his wife to visit and see how I was, and Pablo also stopped by so he could be there when the Doctor came to check on me. The Doctor said I had to stay at least until noon to make sure I was truly better. Another worker from the orphanage came to see how I was and Liz, the social worker here, came to sit with me a couple of hours. The doctor didn't show back up until after 3- by then i was so ready to get out of there! He said I was fine to go as long as I took it easy and followed his instructions- which consisted of taking more medicine and eating bland foods.
I am still pretty tired, but I am feeling pretty much all better! i wouldn't really suggest anyone putting "stay at Peruvian hospital" as one of their top 10 things to do in life, but it really wasn't too bad. It all seems like a dream right now. I feel like I have been here for awhile but i still have no idea what goes on here because I haven't been involved in day-to-day activities.
Anyway, that about brings everyone up to date.. .
Love you all
janie