Sunday, July 6, 2014

Let’s Check Out the Russian Medical System.


For a couple of days I had a cold, at least I thought I did.  Lois thought maybe I was allergic to something as it came and went so fast.

After that Lois developed a cold that was moving to her chest so she went to see the ship’s doctor.  He treated her with multiple remedies and ensured she would be okay to make the trip home.  Lois was quite impressed with the doctor.  She felt he was very thorough and mindful of her situation.  He had actually been a doctor on a Russian trawler off of Newfoundland for 6 months and had travelled in Newfoundland.  As a result his English was reasonable.

The next day after this was our last day and we had it free.  Our plan had been to go into Moscow and just poke around on our own.  We were an hour from Red Square so Viking had a bus to take us in.  Lois told me to go and I went.  While walking around on my own, I fell.  I went to my left as I was trying to protect my camera.  My knee hurt but other than that I seemed no worse for wear.  Several people came to my rescue but I said I was all right and proceeded on my way.  My pants weren’t ripped so I thought nothing of it.  About an hour later I looked at my watch and I had shattered the crystal, 2 hours later I realized I had lost my prescription sunglasses in the process.  When I stopped for lunch I looked at my knee and it was quite bloody.  My knee is still sore but getting better.

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