We have been planning for a couple months to help with a children's day today for the orphans we have worked with in the past. I was up before 7 making little tea sandwiches when Macie changed our plans. For this past 6-8 weeks Macie has been complaining off and on about pain in her stomach. She will scream in pain. I am not sure what the deal is. I have tossed around that maybe it is a wheat allergy or milk allergy. We saw a doctor a few weeks ago that is a pediatric allergist. I asked her about it but I think she didn't fully understand what I was asking. It didn't go to far...ugh language!!
So when Macie was running to the bathroom with diarrhea ever 5-10 minutes and screaming in pain I decided enough was enough. We decided to head to a children's hospital. So how do we know where to go? I called my friend Kirstin and she informed us of how the ER system works. They are on a rotation of days to be open. In other words...all ERs are not open everyday and how do you know which is open? Look in the newspaper...really? Ok Then she suggested we call our language teacher and ask him. His wife was so sweet and told us to take her to the children's hospital close to their house and let us know that they speak English there. Ok...so we were off to drop sandwiches at church and then to the hospital.
We found the hospital quite easily but finding the ER was not so easy. I really thought there would be some sign that would be obvious that we were going the right way. NO We spent about 15 min or more wandering around and translating signs on our phones until we FINALLY found a set of words that translated to ER. Haha! So we found our way to the check in desk...it was definitely different than the US hospitals. Not bad necessarily but definitely different. We checked in and waited for the doctor like normal. He spoke decent English and checked Macie's stomach with his hands and listened to it. He didn't feel anything but felt like that she needs to see a GI specialist. So we will have to try and find one to get her into. He did listen to her lungs and said she sounded tight. (She does have asthma and has been having flare ups this week.) He decided she needed a breathing treatment. I am thankful for that because it comes with oxygen verses our at home nebulizer that is just the meds. She responded great to that. So we missed the kids' day which I was bummed about but we got more meds for her machine as well as a referral to see a specialist. Macie will always keep things exciting in one way or another...
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