Monday, April 6, 2015

Arica: First (hopefully only) Visit to a Hospital

Hey Everybody! This week with Elder Walker we'll be finding more about hospitals in Chile and what not to do with your feet!

No but really. So my toe had been having a little bit of trouble, the nail was ingrown you see. I called to the mission nurse and asked if I could take some anti biotics for the minor infection. She said I had to first send her a picture. Long story short, she may have freaked out a little bit at the picture and sent me to the hospital. So here's what happened.

We went on Wednesday to the clinic and worked for a couple hours trying to get all the insurance stuff figured out. We met with the doctor and he set an appointment for the following day. 

We arrived Thursday and they have me remove ALL OF MY CLOTHES . I then had to put on the typical surgery gear. It looked like I was going to have my appendix removed or something. I went into a wheelchair and was wheeled into the sanitary zone and literally layed down on an operating table. The doctor shot some anesthasia into my foot and began to cut. I hate needles. Nuff said. He then stitched up my toe, during which I learned that you can stictch through the toenail! Who knew?

We had two days sitting in the pension. If I didn't have my guitar I would have gone crazy. Today we went back and he took the stitches out. Let's just say that my career as a foot model probably won't take off anytime soon, haha....ha....ha.....

While I was in the operating room my companion found some golden investigators though! The Lord works in mysterious (and sometimes foot model career killing) ways!

We watched conference this week too! All the missionaries from our stake joined up at the conference center. They even had a gringo room where all of us from the U.S. got to watch in English! 

Things super awesome from conference:

  • 'I can teach you to dance, but you have to hear the music' -- This was probably my favorite talk from conference. It used many references to music.
  • Elder Bednar quoted my favorite scripture when he said 'Perfect love casteth out fear'.
  • The father of one of my friends, Elder Sitati, spoke in the last session.
  • I learned that I need to get married. Like every talk told me that. Especially the morning session Saturday.
  • Elder Holland started to talk about st. george and I couldn't even contain my excitement.

I love you all so much! Read your scriptures!

Elder Walker

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