Doctor's Call

Carroll's had to visit a Doctor because of a blister on her toe.

 This seems ridiculous but it all started on our way home from Puerto Plata when Carroll put on her running shoe which she hadn't worn while we were in P.P. When we arrived in Toronto Carroll noticed that her toe was hurting albeit slightly . However, we first had to clear customs and then hurray to our departure gate to catch our "already delayed " flight to Calgary. The hustle and bustle to get thru customs, then dropping off our luggage  for the flight to Calgary followed by long lineup to clear security, and as a result, the pain in Carroll's toe seemed to subside. After we cleared customs we had to walk to the "last" gate in Terminal  3. It was so far I thought we were doing a "Walk for Cancer " . 

After we got on the plane, Carroll removed her shoe so the toe felt OK and it is not easy to check your toe when you are on a plane. When we arrive in Calgary it was another rush to get the luggage and "try " to get a cab because it is now around 1 PM on 1 Jan and Cabs where at a premium. To get a cab at the Calgary airport was a 25 minute wait outside in the -13C temperature so Carroll's toe was not foremost on her mind. When we arrive at Todd's house at 3 PM on 1 Jan,  Carroll  finally removed her shoe and sox and it was  then that  she seen that the blister was long gone and she had a open sore slightly larger than a quarter and it did not look good. We treated it with Polysporin , hoping  that it would heal quickly. The Polysporin seem to be doing the trick.

Needless to say , Carroll threw out  those shoes and we bought a new pair ( 2 Jan ) the next day as we were leaving for Yuma on the 4 Jan.  We continued to treat the sore with Polysporin and or Triple Antibiotic and since we were travelling she was not doing much walking. The sore was healing slowly, in  fact too slow for me so on the 15 Jan we went to the local "Walk in Clinic ". Actually we tried to find a Podiatrist but there was a two week wait, hence the reason we went to the clinic.  The clinic doctor gave Carroll a prescription for Antibiotic pill and said to continue with using the Triple antibiotic .  Here is the Kicker: When we went to the clinic the clerk ask if we had insurance. We said no, we are paying for it so the charge was 100.00. She said if we had insurance it would cost 250.00. They even wrote on the invoice 250.00, less the doctors discount 150.00, total cost 100.00. What a scam???

All that to say Carroll's toe is healing  albeit too slow for my liking. She doesn't want to go in the pool until it heals over. However, our weather is not pool weather as we have a morning temp of 52 F and a daily high of 73 F.

 We had a visit in the afternoon, from friends  ( Otto and Edna ) that we travelled to MX several years ago.  cheers