Get me out of bed!

Yesterday morning around 3:00 am, my hubby sprung out of bed like a jack in the box.  Just as finished asking him what was wrong, I felt a sting on my right wrist.  He saidm "something just stung my back."  Upon examination of the sheets near our pillows, the obvious culprit was evident.  There it was, tail up in the air ready to sting another victim.  Yes, indeed we had both been stung by the same scorpion!  What were the odds that would happen?  I flung the attacker across the room and the hubby grabbed a shoe, the preferred weapon of choice around here to eliminate creepy, crawly critters.

The last four days I have been hardly able to walk due to some sort of lower back muscle or nerve issue.  However, when I too felt the sting on my arm, I shot out of bed rather quickly.  I have been stung before by scorpions so I knew what to expect.  The hubby, on the other hand, seemed a bit freaked out by the experience. I reminded him that he had allowed our friend, Julio, to put live bees on his hand just a couple of weeks ago with sole purpose of having the bees sting him, so the scorpion thing was not even worth discussing, especially at 3:00 am!  I almost wish the scorpion would have stung me on the butt instead of the wrist to see if maybe the poison might have some type of healing elements for my back pain.

Since the literal "pain in ass" was more present than ever all last night and causing me extreme pain this morning, I bit the bullet and called our doctor.  She answered the phone (I am still shocked that a doctor actually answers a phone) and suggested I go to see an orthopedic doctor she recommended from the CIMA hospital.

I quickly Googled his name and found his contact information.  The web page indicated he did consults on Mondays and Fridays from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm.  I decided to try to call him anyway, but did not have luck reaching him or his office.  Since his email address was listed,  I drafted an email to him.  Less than 30 minuts later he responded suggesting some meds and indicated he could see me today at 12:30 pm.

The hubby dashed off to town to get the meds, which really helped alleviate the pain quickly.  We then got ready to head to the big city, Escazu, a suburb of San Jose, to see Dr. Mauricio.  About an hour later, I left his office feeling 100% better after receiving two shots.  He had evaluated me with a series of questions and tests and suggested we try the shots and meds for five days before ordering a bunch of other tests.

I was feeling so good when we left the office that I insisted my hubby and I go indulge in a tasty hamburger at one of our favorite restaurants, Hamburgesia.  The fact that. I was very hungry and feeling so much better made the lunch extra special.

I have learned that good health should never be taken for granted.  Due to intensity of pain I experienced over the last 48 hours I came to realize how easy it would be to become dependent on pain killers.  The other lesson is the gratitude I feel to have  great access to such good doctors here in Costa Rica.

I think everyone was happy, except my dog, to see me feeling so much better.  Being bed ridden for the last few days meant my overweight doggie did not have his hydrotherapy sessions.  Not to worry, tomorrow we are back in the swimming pool.