La clinica

OK, so each day I fill up at least one notecard with vocab words - 20 per card.  Some I get from my lesson, others from my reading, etc.  Came across a list of words related to hospitals/illness/body parts -- since one of my friends here was in the hospital last week with kidney stones, I thought they'd be good to learn.  Sure did come in handy....
Thurs eve coming from the laundry room, I fell, and injured my 'bad' ankle.  Pain was severe enough at first that I lost consciousness briefly and everyone (1/2 of the seminary campus population!!) thought I'd hit my head.  When I came to, I realized I was holding unmentionables that I'd gotten  out of the washing machine, so had to discreetly pass them off to my roommate... Because everyone thought I might have a concussion, they wanted me to go  to the hospital.  By the time la ambulancia arrived, I was doing fine, and trying to get out of going -- but Dr. Saenz (the boss) said he thought I should go, so I did.  The ambulance guys were very nice, and Shelley went with me.
Both of my doctors (generalist and orthopedist) seemed happy to practice their English with me, and I was very psyched that I remembered Spanish words for ankle, knee, etc. They wanted me to have a head CAT scan, so after the xrays, wheeled me to the scanning room -- only it was locked!!  There was much puzzlement and scurrying around, and finally they took me back -- apparently the machine was broken..... so at least I didn't have to have a CAT scan! 
Today the ankle is doing well -- the inflammation is less, and there is very little pain.  I have an apt tomorrow eve with the orthopedist, and hopefully he will tell me that I can start walking without the crutches.
Scheduled to fly to Nicaragua on Thurs with Dr. Juarez to check out the ENC MicrEnterprise project -- and we will meet Prof. Bill Driscoll there -- so I want to be healthy enough to be able to get around!!
I'm hoping and praying that during the 8 weeks here there will be no more excitement like this to report....
On a more up note, today at church I really think I was understanding more...gracias a Dios!