Amoxicilina

Starting last Wednesday, Emma was coming down with a cold. Not completely sure if it was a sinus infection that was getting worse and worse or just a cold. But all we knew is each day she had her ups and downs with how she felt. She never had swollen lymph nodes in her neck (which usually happens when she's sick) and she never had a fever, so we just thought we would give it time. On Monday night, Emma came into our room and said her ear was hurting...should have known. This is typical Emma sickness...having a sinus-type infection that turns into an ear infection. So what are we to do?

We knew there is a doctor at the language school two days a week and Tuesday was one of those days. Will woke up early and went up there to sign her up for an appointment only to find that his appointments were full. Now what? We thought we were going to have to go downtown to the Clinica Biblica for an appointment sometime that day...and Will and I both had huge tests.

We filled Emma with Tylenol and went to school to take our tests. When we got there, we were told by other students that there was a pharmacy up on the corner by school and in Costa Rica they sell a lot of prescription drugs over the counter. Okaaaay. So we skipped chapel and went up there to check it out. Here's how the conversation with the pharmacist went:

We walk in the door..."Tiene amoxicillin?"

"Si...un momento"

He walks to the back and brings back a box of Amoxicilina

"Por mi hija. Ella tiene siete anos y ella tiene ojo infection...verdad?"

"Si....Feaghdfiaohgagfnaighai" he says

"Como?" we ask

"Ghudfahbiufaduhaahbh" he says again just as mumbled and fast

Will and I stare at each other

"Bfdsiuahbfudahguidah" he says again but louder

"Uuuuuuhhhhhhhh" we say

He stares at us

I want to pee on myself

"He's saying they have a medicine that works better" says nice guy behind us

"Gracias nice guy"...."no gracias" to aggravating pharmacist

Let's be honest, the last thing we need right now is Emma having an allergic reaction to some herbal jungle medicine. The amoxicillin usually works, so we went with that.

It came in two boxes of a 5-day supply in powder form. So all we had to do was mix it with bottled water and kind of guess how much to give her (should have asked the pharmacist, but we were so nervous by the time we actually got the medicine that we just ran out the door). Total cost of over-the-counter antibiotic?

$6

She's feeling much better now, but Will is starting to feel weird