{"id":1197,"date":"2009-02-21T14:50:57","date_gmt":"2009-02-21T20:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.JFanjoy.com\/blog\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2009-02-21T14:50:57","modified_gmt":"2009-02-21T20:50:57","slug":"and-the-answer-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jfanjoy.com\/blog\/and-the-answer-is\/","title":{"rendered":"And the answer is&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.JFanjoy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/xray1sm.jpg\" target=\"photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.JFanjoy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/xray1sm1.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"266\" alt=\"xray1SM.jpg\" class=\"main_img_right\" \/><\/a>&#8230;a <em>staphylococcus<\/em> infection in my throat! We went to see the doctor this morning, and she met with us promptly. &#8220;All tests are still negative, except for the throat culture,&#8221; she explained, and showed me the lab reports. Now I have been directed to take ten days of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ciprofloxacin\" target=\"_blank\">Ciprofloxin<\/a>, a powerful antibiotic that the FDA has only approved for &#8220;severe and life-threatening bacterial infections.&#8221; Yep, that&#8217;s Guatemala for you- they think that something it the right tool just because it is the fanciest and\/or most expensive. I see so much antibiotic misuse here; since all medicines are over-the-counter, people even use antibiotics to treat viral infections (which is pointless). I&#8217;m sure that the third world is singlehandedly advancing the world crisis in antibiotic-resistant bacteria strains. But I digress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.JFanjoy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/annehouse2sm.jpg\" target=\"photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.JFanjoy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/annehouse2sm1.jpg\" width=\"266\" height=\"200\" alt=\"annehouse2SM.jpg\" class=\"main_img_left\" \/><\/a>Yesterday we went to visit our friend Anne&#8217;s site, as it is very close to Xela. She has a nice little apartment in a tiny but friendly village. It was refreshing to spend a few hours with her as she walked us around town, showing off her home. Though she&#8217;s had some trouble just like everyone else, she spoke positively and enthusiastically about her town, her coworkers, and the projects she&#8217;s working on. It seems like many of our friends are at an emotional low point in there service, so it was a great relief to spend time with someone who isn&#8217;t. It makes us feel less guilty that we&#8217;re having such a good time too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.JFanjoy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/bakeshop1sm.jpg\" target=\"photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.JFanjoy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/bakeshop1sm1.jpg\" width=\"266\" height=\"200\" alt=\"bakeshop1SM.jpg\" class=\"main_img_right\" \/><\/a>The only other thing of interest is that we went to a strange bakery yesterday, &#8220;Bake Shop.&#8221; The locals pronounce it &#8220;BAH-kay SHOWP,&#8221; as they don&#8217;t really understand what it is: a real-life Mennonite bake shop right here in Guatemala. It was delicious, and carried such midwest American favorites as vanilla pudding filled donuts, banana bread, and &#8220;whoopie pies&#8221;. All were delicious. Here is a picture of Emily telling the workers about how her Menonite nanny used to make them whoopie pies when she was a kid.<\/p>\n<p>OK, tomorrow night we should be back in our village. Thanks everyone for all your emotional support and well-wishing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;a staphylococcus infection in my throat! We went to see the doctor this morning, and she met with us promptly. &#8220;All tests are still negative, except for the throat culture,&#8221; she explained, and showed me the lab reports. Now I have been directed to take ten days of Ciprofloxin, a powerful antibiotic that the FDA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jims-guatemala"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jfanjoy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jfanjoy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jfanjoy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jfanjoy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jfanjoy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jfanjoy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jfanjoy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jfanjoy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jfanjoy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}