Caleb & Della: 10/30/14: Day 241: Such a Drain

I woke up at 4:00 AM and started getting ready. At 6:05, Dan, Christina, Mom, Leanna, and I left the house to go to the U.S. Embassy to get Charlotte’s passport. We arrived at the Embassy at 8:20 and I pulled over to the curb to jump out and mom took over the driving. It only took me about 5 minutes to get it and I waited outside for mom to return. The guards apparently didn’t like me waiting so close to the Embassy so they kept asking me to move. Mom came back about 15 minutes later with breakfast from Mc Donald’s in hand. Then we drove back to Candelaria de la Frontera to explore a bit more and give the rest of our family the opportunity to see it. Mom and dad may or may not end up working there... but mom wanted everyone to see it none the less. We arrived back home at 11:30. Della said that she was in pain and needed to go to the doctor right now, instead of waiting until tomorrow. So just Della and I got in the car and drove to Sonsonate for the doctor. We ended up waiting a good while to be seen. Then the doctor did an ultra sound and said that Della had around 20 CCs of pus that needed to be drained. The doctor explained that she could pop a needle in and do it quickly with no anesthesia or she could opt to have anesthesia and it would cost a bit more. Della said she wanted the anesthesia but then she waffled a bit because she was afraid it might have a chance of affecting baby Charlotte through the milk. She went ahead with it and they put her completely under for the procedure. I watched and I believe that she made the right decision without a doubt. About midway through the procedure the electricity cut out and they had to use a key ring flashlight for about five minutes! Sure enough they pulled out a good 18 CCs. Della said that she read on the internet that in the States, if the surface area of the mastitis is more than three cm, it is standard to put a drain in and Della's was about 20 cm! We got home around 5:40 and I took Dan and Christina to get dinner and medicine for Della. The pharmacy didn’t have what we needed and the pizza took like 40 minutes to cook. It started up pouring rain when it was time to go and our visibility was near zero. Thankfully it was only a two minute drive but when we got back to the house some dude in a big truck had decided to ignore our sign and park right in front of the garage door! Leanna said that the pizza was the best she ever had. Then we took turns Skyping with our loved ones back home (including Lucky!). Afterwards, Leanna and I played a very intense game of Dr. Mario and I won!