Medical Evacuation

Most of the time when someone gets sick here, it's something that I can handle. Working on the Navajo Nation for 5 years really taught me a lot about medicine and patient care and horses and zebras. When a zebra comes along or something pops up that needs a higher level of care than I can provide (or a higher level of care then Rwanda can provide) these folks are medevac'ed out - a medical evacuation. My medevac point is Pretoria, South Africa (Pretoria is to Johannesburg what Auburn is to Seattle) Having utilized these folks in South Africa numerous times - they decided it was time for me to medevac myself down to see how the system works from their end.

What a great experience this trip was! I learned so much about the process of a medevac and got to meet several of the folks that Pretoria uses for referrals. Orion and Eric came along to experience some of what South Africa had to offer. The trip was quick but we had time to check out the zoo, a couple of parks, some fab places to eat, amazing cheese, great drinks and even a little clothes shopping for O.

We enjoyed ourselves enough to consider another trip down South. I would love to fly into Johannesburg and take road trip to Cape Town. We'll see if we have enough money or vacation time to do something like that.

Yogurt cups make the best water toys

Pool time with the boys

This is what O calles his "nice smile"

Nothing beats a cold drink in the pool