Hospital, Thunderstorms, Panama ID, Mini Salamander

Dear Friends and Followers,

Week seven since my move to Panamá has arrived. With it, more rain. But the sun still burns just as hot, and it's getting lighter a little sooner. Lot's has happned in week 6. Here is my update.

Emergency Room in the Hospital

In the previous week, I had a little accident. I will talk about it on Frequency Waves, as it is related to Frequencies. That aside, I burnt my foot.

I hardly ever visit a doctor. Surely not for a cold, headache or a sore throat. But this one hurt. At first, my foot seemed to get better. I did the things Globi does. I paid little attention to the burn. This was careless. Finally, the pain reached a level that was hard to ignore. In addition, the swelling was getting worse. The wound did not heal up, and showed signs of an infection.

@disarrangedJane and @thebugIQ encouraged me to have it looked at. I finally gave in and made the decision yesterday to go to the emergency room, not least because I could hardly walk and needed to go to Immigration the next day. I spare you the picture of the foot. Needless to say, it wasn't pretty.

Off to the emergency room I went.

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Drip Drip and Blood Tests

The nurses had a look and called in a doctor. I ended up with three doctors.
Thing is, the Punta Pacifica is the best hospital in Panamá. It is a mere 500 ft away from my house. The Doctores spoke English and security was high in the facility.

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I was given an infusion and some very good pain killers. Lala land stuff. After three hours, the third doctor came back, with two sheets of test results - all negative - which was positive. No bacterial infection. That was the biggy!

Got some prescription for an ointment, some supplies of proper dressings and, what else, some more painkillers. Equally effective stuff. All is good. And so I was able to go to Immigration today.

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Immigration Panamá

My lawyer, the one @choogirl recommended to me, waited at 9 AM sharp at Immigration. At 6:30, someone who they hired, had already taken a number. Counselor and I effectively spent less than 20 minutes at Immigration. That included taking a picture for the temporary ID you see here, having everything checked and the card issued. The ID is valid for six months. In about four months, I will be issued a permanent residency card. All good. I now have a Panamanian ID. Amazing. I am happy!

@Familyprotection

Last night was rough. Emergency room visit. Drowsy pain killers. And I was tired -- too tired to complete my post about JANE'S CHAOS SHOW Extra from Saturday, in which I covered @familyprotection. The video is some 40 minutes long, and after some editing the computer took its time to render and I was about to fall off my perch. I planned on getting up at 6 AM to upload the video to d.tube and getting ready for immigration.

However, at 1 AM, my foot was burning up, and I got up, sat at my desk, stuck my foot in a bath of cold water and completed the post. If you haven't seen it yet, it is worth listening and watching. Please spread the word about the injustices carried out by the state against our children and their parents.

My Salamander Friend Visited

In an earlier #lovepanama update, I reported about a cute little Salamander who was hiding as quicky as I spotted him for a second or two.

Well, yesterday night, I got lucky. As I was turning the monitors off and putting myself offline, I saw it again. Behind me, on the wall. There, there it was. Oh My God - how cute are you, little guy!

The Salamander was quick and frightened. I spoke to it softly: Don't be afraid little guy!

Let me take a picture or two of you. I won't harm you. I leave the window open, so you can leave anytime you want. BUT, if you wanna stay, you need to pay your part of the rent. A tiny Steem amount through this post will do.

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It ended up high on the wall. I was confident it just paid me a short visit and would find it's way back ourside to catch bugs and climb even higher than my studio on floor 21. I welcome you anytime, little friend whenever you may need a roof over your head to shelter from rain.

Love Panamá!

I have a little video of the guy, which I will show another time, together with the most powerful thunderstorm I have ever experienced in my life. We'll enjoy that in another post.