Tuesday morning, with so much to do, can we get it all done today and tomorrow? Miles is still down, but everyone else still seems well, PTL! First thing, lets go get something to eat. So off we go to find something nutritious and palatable. Shouldn't be hard here in the tropics. We found a little restaurant called the Blue Diamond with lots of healthy options, including bread! Not common here in Thailand, let alone whole wheat options. Laren and Davis are especially happy as the bread eating people in the family. The four of us eating all choose something different to eat, all vegetables with rice or noodles except Davis who ordered an avocado sandwich and french fries! Salt is not used very much here, so everything is slightly bland unless you add salt yourself (if you have it), or soy sauce.
After eating we went back to check on Miles, who has been fasting since he first began to feel ill. Now Davis says he is beginning to feel, "not so good", and later in the day Lexi was looking a little sick. Oh no, guess it is going to go through the ranks. Hopefully, Laren and I can hold on and keep well. We are praying hard and taking such things faithfully as: Olive Leaf, Grapefruit Seed Extract and Garlic capsules along with Oragano Extract and drinking water.
Laren, Lexi and I found a ride in a Tuk Tuk, a 3 wheeled little covered truck type motorcycle, that only holds the driver in the front and 3 passengers comfortably in the back. No sides, but the roof comes down rather low so you have to duck down to see out very well, especially if you are tall like Laren. Off we went headed to a recommended dentist. Laren has been having trouble with some of his teeth for quite a while and we decided to wait to have them worked on until we were here where it is considerably cheaper for all medical work.
After being checked, Laren finds out he has cavities and the tooth he had pulled years ago on the Left side of his mouth needs to have a bridge to prevent such loss of enamel on the right side of his mouth. The dentist said he had lost 1/5 of his enamel already, since Laren uses only his right side to chew on now. This is costing much more than we had anticipated. We knew he had issues but didn't know that it was that much. Yikes, so much for any extra money we had. But it really is a big PTL as he can get his teeth problems taken care of, plus this dentist has a huge soft spot for missionaries he cuts the bill by 50%. It is still a lot of money being we are not working for income, but still way under what it would have cost us in the states. Laren will have to come back several more times to get everything done and squared away.
Later that afternoon, Miles got up and managed to go with Laren to the hospital to have his ears checked. For several years now, whenever he puts his head under water he reports having terrible pain in his ears. He does not swim because of it. So I stayed home with the progressively worsening younger 2 while Laren and Miles headed to the hospital to see a Dr. Apparently there are no regular Dr. offices here. If you want to see a Dr. you go to a hospital. If the Dr. wants any tests run you do them right then and there so the Dr. can read them and determine what you need to get well. It is a great system! More efficient, more timely and less expensive. Miles came back with some medicine to take whenever he is going to be swimming to help open his eustachian tubes, thus in theory, causing no pain. We will see when we test it out.
We all went to bed early. Those sick to feel better. Those well to prevent getting ill. Miles is feeling a little stonger, Davis and Lexi a bit worse. So far Laren and I are still well. I am so thankful!
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