Too soon?

Oh, traveling: new experiences, new people, new allergic reactions. 

We're currently narrowing down the culprit but I'm guessing it was the "pescado rojo" that was our first lunch in Cartagena that did the trick. Apparently it's from the "rio," not "el mar."

Our experience at a Colombian hospital was interesting. We were at the ER for about three hours where Alexis was seen fairly quickly (though Little House on the Prairie was on TV in the waiting room and it was the one where Adam gets his sight back!) She was given a saline bag IV with cortisol and a shot of adrenaline in the arm. 

The entire experience was about three hours. It was clean, though not like US standards, and cost $70, plus $25 for meds over the next three days. Only Spanish was spoken At the hospital. It's not to say I expect people in other countries to speak my language, it's just frustrating not being able to be understood. Alexis' Spanish, I should say, is much better than mine so it's good this happened to her and not me!  

We postponed our beach day until tomorrow and our tour of a volcano and mangroves to Wednesday. I was ready to just get on the next plane home but Alexis is the one who wants to stay! Her face still looks like a Real Housewife after plastic surgery so hopefully this isn't premature blogging and she'll be better by tomorrow. 

Xoxo, kdubsister the elder (plus RHOCartagena)

p.s. had just read this last night. Interesting commentary on drug pricing. 

 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/27/health/exploring-salines-secret-costs.html?ref=health&_r=0