Feliz Navidad

Hello and Merry Christmas to all. Its our final month in Mexico and wow have we had a time of it. In case you are not up to speed with what has been happening with us, let me give you a timeline.
November a week before Thanksgiving while getting some dental work done Suzanne started feeling a little ill, as things got worse I took her to the local hospital and she quickly got violently ill. The medical staff in our little village took great around the clock care and after three days and two nights in the hospital with meds, we found out the diagnosis.  TYPHOID FEVER, the thing that we took great pride in getting vaccinated for before we left Oregon. It is something that can be contracted from a wide variety of places, your water, food, or just the right thing you touched and it makes its way to your stomach. Fever, headache, and violent stomach pains accompany this illness. The recovery took about THREE WEEKS and consisted of 14 days of CIPRO 1gr per day along with anti nausea medicine.  By the way the total hospital bill & Dr bill was $683.US. all inclusive.

Fast forward, it is mid Dec and Suzanne is finally healed up and we both have had our dental work finished to great satisfaction, our dentist Dr Cotty McDonald has spoiled us to any other provider, she gave me a deep cleaning, 2 root canals and 5 crowns, Suzanne got a cleaning and 1 crown and neither of us had ANY PAIN at all, this came at a total cost for both of us together of $2100.US.

The cost of my work alone in the states would have been over $8000. I can not tell you how much we both appreciate the time and care we have received in both the Ajijic Hospital and at Dr Cotty's office in Riberas De Pilar.

We are winding down our vacation while celebrating Christmas in this magical village full of wonderful and warm people. Thanks to all and Feliz Navidad.