Update on Ice...

Ritha and I went to visit Ice today. I just felt that I should check up on her and make sure she was getting what she needed. Well, as it turns out... I walked into the room, incidentally, she happens to be in the mens room as the women's room was full (but thankfully she has one of only two beds that can be completely closed with curtains) and the first thing she said was that she wanted to go home. I informed her that that was just not an option. She is obviously still in a tremendous amount of pain. Then I noticed what looked like a prescription lying on the table beside her bed. I asked her and her mom (who is staying with her now) about it and they didn't know. "The sister (nurse) put that there earlier today." I went and asked some nurses what it was and it turns out that one needs to go to the pharmacy and get the prescriptions and then give them to the nurses.... What? Okay, so off I went and to get the meds. Turns out they are out of stock on one of the items and tell me that I'll have to get that one in Sentani.... Ugghh... By the time I get back to Ice, she's received her lunch. It was in a nice divided container; hard-boiled egg, rice (of course), piece of chicken and piece of fried tofu, some green veggies and a piece of red papaya. Not bad! Except they don't even give you a utensil to eat it with! So we took Ice's mom back to Sentani with us and got the medicine so she could bring it back along with a long list of items that no one had thought to bring poor Ice. Items such as a toothbrush, soap, towel, spoon, bottles of water, plate, cup, clean clothes etc... Ice's mom got a little mattress from her boss and she is going to sleep there tonight on the floor beside Ice's bed. You cannot be in the hospital here without someone helping you. How else would you get your meds? Ice can barely get out of bed! Plus, her IV ran out and her blood started going up the tube. I told her mom that if it runs out, she needs to go to the nurses and tell them. I hope she will. These people are so shy when it comes to medical things that they won't speak up for themselves. I really believe that had I not gone to her house and told her we were going to the hospital, Ice would still be lying there on her mattress on the floor of her stuffy little bedroom wracked with pain. It just baffles me. Anyways, there is supposed to be a specialist coming from Jakarta tomorrow and they will bring Ice to him and we'll see from there what happens. Let's pray that she doesn't need surgery....