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We are still dealing with dengue fever in our house. Marion was down for three weeks, she got up
for a week and went down again last Monday and has been ailing since then. There isn’t much one can do, acetaminophen
for pain and fever, drink plenty of liquids, watch out for signs of the dengue hemorrhagic fever.
The doctors in Bolivia are
still on strike. They are only attending in the emergency room. (The emergency room in Portachuelo is staffed
by interns right out of medical school.
It is often an frustrating and sometimes frightening experience.)
Today Marion and I went into
Montero to find some medical help. I had to stop by the hospital
where we have the staff of the school insured to make the monthly insurance payment. I was talking to the secretary at the hospital and she said that Dr. Choque, the hospital director, would be glad to
look at Marion. Dr. Choque saw her in his
office and prescribed an IV with lots of vitamins and some pain medicine. We are back home waiting for someone to come
and put in the IV. Why didn't I learn to
put in an IV when I had the chance?
Many at the school are battling with dengue, I still have times with fever and extreme fatigue.
Good morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favour:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Bolivia? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Bolivia in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez
Praying for you in Buffalo.
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