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We've been cooped up

We've been cooped up in this hospital room all day. If I think I'm stir crazy, it must be worse for Dustin. His knee seems to be healing well. He was a bit down today though. He didn't want his shower, didn't want to do any homework, and spent quite a bit of time sleeping. Around three this afternoon we disconnected him from his IV and put him in a wheelchair for a quick trip around the hospital. It's not a large hospital, with about 70 beds. I wanted to take him out onto the terraza (patio) but it's the rainy season here in Quito, and it was raining. It did him good to get out of bed for a while. Later, in the evening he had a couple visitors. One was a Canadian MK about his age. The other was an MAF MK from the States who is in eighth grade. Both of the boys go to the Alliance Academy, which is adjacent to the HCJB hospital. Dustin really came alive, and they played some chess and a card game with him.

I am ready to get back to work. At least I haven't had to worry about getting a sub and lesson plans. In fact, with the new server I've set up, I can actually access it from the hospital room and make sure everything is fine down there in Shell.

Hospital food. I'm tired of it. Lunch and dinner are always rice, vegetables, and chicken or beef. Also soup for lunch. Meals are about $2, so it's hard to complain about that. Anyway, I miss the American food that Ellyn cooks. The food from the cafeteria is very Ecuadorian, and just not my favorite. Dustin's appetite is coming back little by little, but I think he too would do better with some of his Mom's cooking.

We're going to try and make it on the MAF shuttle in the morning. We saw Dustin's doctor this evening, and he said he'll come in at 8 AM on Friday to take the drain out. That would be great, because neither of us want to spend the weekend up here.