sick

This has been a frustrating week! Mary came down with pink eye on Friday morning. I took her to the doctor, who prescribed an antibiotic eye drop. It had no effect at all, so Saturday evening, the school nurse suggested I give her the outdated antibiotic I brought with me from the States. No effect (it was over a year expired.) Sunday I took her to the Trauma Center (like an emergency room) and another antibiotic was prescribed. The doctor also wrote a prescription for the same medication she had in America. The pharmacist (they call them chemists here) said you can’t get the American medication in Zim, so gave me the other. No effect. I have another appointment for her today with an ophthalmologist, about whom I’ve heard mixed reviews. I will take his advice with a grain of salt and get yet another opinion if his is too extreme. I can’t believe something as simple as pink eye has had her out of school for 3 days now, very uncomfortable, with swollen, red and discharging eyes and blurry vision!
Then, to complicate things, our dog is sick. She’s been throwing up everywhere and is very lethargic. I took her to the vet and they found she has a temperature, swollen lymph nodes and a tight tummy. They gave her a shot and said to come back for another tomorrow. I hope that clears her up. Also, she has these flies in her ear (they lay their eggs in the skin and eat away at it) so I bought some medication for that. Enough doctors already!!!!
The good news – this is the 3rd day in a row that we have had power. After having that many days with power all day over the past 2 weeks, I feel almost nervous about having it. Our next door neighbors, and friends, aren’t so lucky. We hear their generator going day and night while we wallow in our electricity. This I won’t miss about Africa!
I’ll let everyone know how Mary’s eye is coming when I have something more to report. In the meantime, I do appreciate your prayers for her!! Thank you!