Adventures at the clinic!

My director made me go to the clinic last night. Lame.

The doctor was really nice, and she examined me, looked at my mouth and saw that it was dry so she told me I was dehydrated. And she told me she was going to give me some medicine for my stomach pain.

She hooked my up to a freaking IV! I took a liter of fluids, and half a liter of fluids mixed with pain medicine. The medicine was awful! She told me my arm might hurt a little. No, it felt like it was going to fall off my body. I almost passed out while I was laying down because it hurt so bad. My tico mom and brother were there though, and she held my hand and rubbed my arm that didn't have the IV while Carlitos was trying to make me laugh. They thought I was scared because my face was so white, but false. I was just dying.

She asked afterward if the pain was gone, but it wasn't really. She pointed to her butt and asked if I wanted an "inyeccion," and I wasn't going to have any of that mess. I told her I'd be fine. After 2 1/2 hours, paying $150 for everything, and receiving 5 different medicines to take, we left. Three are pills, which are fine, but one is a saline solution that tastes terrible! and the other is something I have to dissolve in water and drink that tastes like chalk and is awful as well.

It was quite the adventure last night. I felt like crap for most of this morning when we toured San Jose, the capital, but I feel better now. My tico family is amazing here. I don't think I could've gotten a better one :)