Last night, I was called by one of our missionaries that lives in a remote area about 7 hours from Arequipa. He had a kidney stone and was in the 'hospital'. I use the word 'hospital' loosely. They only had one tramadol pain pill in the hospital. None of the pharmacies had anything stronger than ibuprofen (which is actually not a bad choice), so I went to a pharmacy here in Arequpa, bought some more tablets and sent them on the bus. Thankfully, when I talked to him today it appears to have passed. They say that kidney stones can hurt as much as childbirth. I'll have to let someone else comment on that. I think I'll go drink another glass of water.
Kidney Stones in Deepest Darkest Peru
The Georges in Peru
About Us
We are Allen and Mary Beth George from Nebraska and Manitoba respectively. Allen has been serving in Peru with SIM since 2000 when he arrived with his late wife, Amy. Mary Beth has been serving in Peru since 2005. Sarah & Zach are both in their medical residencies in Chicago (Sarah in emergency medicine and Zach in family medicine). Ben is working for Ahlstrom-Munksjö in Taylorville, Illinois. Mia is in her 2nd year studying physical therapy at Loma Linda U. in California. Paul works as a programmer at Epic in Madison, Wisconsin.
What are we doing?
The Georges are church planting in Punta de Bombón, a town about about 6000 people on the coast of Peru.