Another trip the the medical center.
05 November 2012 | Pago Pago, American Samoa
Rain, rain, rain!!
We took off for the medical center about 0900 giving us some time to be on the internet at McDonalds again. I had an appointment to see a doctor at 1100. I was shown in promptly at 110 and had my blood pressure taken by one of the nurses(normal). Back to the waiting room. At 1215, I was shown back to the examination room. I was just about the last person in the waiting room by that time(lunch time was coming). I showed the doctor my pill bottles and he asked a few questions. Never mentioned the blood test I took last Friday. Wrote out some new prescriptions(only for 9 months, not a year) and off Tracy and I went to the pharmacy. Now please keep in mind that this is the ONLY pharmacy on the island. You take a number just to turn in your prescription. My number was 92. They were helping #26 when I walked in!
We took off for the cafeteria that Paul and Star off Starstruck had told us about. Good food and insanely cheap prices. By the time we got back to the pharmacy, they were on #48(45 minutes later). As we sat and waited, we found #77 on the floor. When the number showed up, I finally got my turn to talk to the pharmacist. Actually, she is the head of the department. I explained our circumstances(cruising on a boat) and asked if we could get the prescription set up for a year instead of just 9 months. She looked concerned and told me that they normally only fill it for a max of three months, no where near twelve or even the 9 as specified on the prescription! She said she might be able to go to 4 months if I brought in the documentation papers and our passports and what papers we had that showed we were actually cruising and not going to just become and harbor rat(sits at anchor for months never moving). So, we're heading back to the medical center tomorrow to try again and see what we can get.
Meanwhile, it was raining when we headed to the center and it continued throughout the day. It's still raining at 1640. Let me tell you, when it decides to rain here, it pours. Maybe not as much as Fiji got during the cyclone season but there was flooding along the roadsides as we road the buses.
We're back at McDonalds using the internet as the connection at the hospital was down again.
I'll let you know how the prescription turns out.