Monday, February 2, 2015

A FIRE, A COOL DAY, A VISIT TO URGENT CARE, AND A CAT

Sunday evening as we were on our way home from a bite out, we spied a fire up on one of the hills on south island. We got a couple pictures and later found out that this was a wildfire of unknown origin that burned through many an acre of jungle brush, but no damage to structures was reported. One of the pictures is mine and the other was in the paper.
Courtesy Saipan Tribune
My pic
Monday morning dawned cloudy, windy and "cool". The temperature never rose above 77 all day. Ahhhhhhh. In the apartment we keep a thermometer mounted on the wall and no matter what is going on outside, it's always at least 84. I had to get a picture of the gauge at BELOW 80 in the apartment!


A heretofore unseen reading
After snorkeling last Thursday, Deb developed a painful ear ache. Of course it came on late Friday and there was no available medical care aside from Emergency at the hospital. So, bright and early Monday morning, we headed off to the only urgent care we've seen. at 8:05 it was already bustling with folks needing to be seen. Many who, no doubt, suffered through the weekend as Deb had done. To be honest, we were feeling a bit doubtful of being seen very soon and were ready to settle in for the long haul. HOWEVER, we heard name after name being called - patient after patient going through the door to treatment and patient after patient returning in a fairly rapid manner. After about 15 minutes, Deb was called. The nurse asked a few questions about allergies to medications and a few of the symptoms she was experiencing, and took a blood pressure. She then left and after about three minutes, the doctor sailed in. He was a cheerful man of indeterminate nationality - not Indian - not Indonesian - not Filipino - not Native. Very pleasant in any case! And very efficient. A quick few questions, a quick look into the ear and voila' - a diagnosis and prescription. Off we went across the street to the pharmacy. Again, very pleasant and efficient service. Deb is feeling better already!!





 Now - about the cat. Saipan is littered (pun definitely intended!) with thousands of stray dogs called booney dogs. However, there are very few (visible) cats. One scrawny creature has been slinking around our apartment the last week or two. Deb has taken pity on the poor thing. We bought some dry cat food and added some leftover hot dog scraps and we can already see a plumper, happier cat. Turns out she's a Mom. Not sure where the babies are, but it is clear she is nursing some. Anyway, we feel even the little kittens will eat better now too.

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