Korean Hospitals Day 2

Well we went back to the hospital today for a follow-up appointment for Zane. We got there and the translator was with another patient so we had to wait, which was fine. The waiting room was much busier today than yesterday, must be a Saturday thing, and there were kids of all ages running around. We saw a different doctor today and she said things sound good. They gave Zane another nebulizer treatment and sent us on our way with more drugs. There were other kids in the treatment room so we had to wait. That is one of the differences between Western medicine and Korean medicine, everyone is in the same treatment room but then all the doctor's offices is where you see the doctor. She didn't even come out from behind her desk, Zane had to sit on a stool next to her desk to have his lungs listened too. We left today with a long list of drugs, which we looked up upon getting home to see what we are giving our little boy. He has a good antibiotic, a natural expectorant and a patch for his chest. We decided not to give him what they called, an anti-inflammorty, which was a steroid, and we never gave it to him. It has been an interesting experience.

These are the bags that all the medicine got sent home in along with the dosing directions in English. We though you all might enjoy seeing the packaging.

Zane is doing great and back to being himself. He was up at 7:30 this morning and has been going strong. We had to get him to lay down and rest for a bit in our room with a movie. He would much rather be outside playing but we think he needs to take it easy for another day.


Liz, Jim and Zane

Korean Hospitals

The other day I was thinking how I really needed to start blogging again as I haven't written as much as I liked. Well we just got home from the hospital in the next town, Gumi Cha, as the little man started having trouble breathing. We did take him to the clinic here but they aren't capable of giving him the proper treatment at our clinic. We had a good experience and for that I am very thankful as I know lots of folks who have had some terrible visits to the Korean hospitals. They are different than the states but the one thing that remains the same is that they want the sick person to get better! We got to the hospital and went to the International Clinic and then got taken up to Pediatrics. The doctor listened to Zane and sent us down to X-ray. The whole time we had a nurse with us who spoke very good English. And I did get to use my Korean but my vocabulary in the medical area is a bit limited. Jim and I were able to see the results of the X-ray as they got taken and both saw the spot on his lungs and knew it was pneumonia. Zane had it last year at this time and I am now wondering if this is going to be a yearly thing for November. He doesn't get sick often but when he does get sick, he gets sick. After  the x-rays, we went back to the doctors office where she told us what she was going to do and decided that Zane didn't need to stay in the hospital over night. They gave Zane a neb treatment and then asked us to come back in 2 hours for another. We decided to go get lunch and them waited up in the pediatrics unit. It was fun to people watch and see the looks we got as foreigners sitting in a Korean hospital. I also love being able to listen to the conversations and not saying anything. Zane is now asleep in his bed and we are all ready for naps. We have a patch to put on his chest tonight and go back to the doctor's tomorrow.  I do know that God was with us on our journey today as things went very smoothly and everyone was so kind to us. Our biggest fear was that Zane was going to have to take penicillin, he is allergic, and the doctor gave him some other antibiotic.  It has been a long day and we are all ready for a nap. I am hoping that Zane starts to feel better soon and that we get some sleep this evening.

This is Zane getting his treatment. He didn't want to at first but when he realized it helped him feel better he was good. He did a great job today and we are very proud of him!