This week we have spent lots of time on medical issues. Who would have thought about missionaries being sick. We had one Elder who we think had a reaction to his malaria shot but is now doing well. We had another who thought he had a fungus growing on his foot but it turned out that when his sox got wet they dyed the callous a kind of hinky purple to pink shade. All is well with him. We have a sister with some gynecological problems (enough said) coming up. And we have an Elder with foot pain who needs an x-ray and a cat scan. The insurance company only wants to schedule these one at a time so I have been jumping through hoops to get it all done.
Meanwhile, Sister Tavares had scheduled a tonsillectomy for an elder who has been suffering for months and feeling lousy. We were asked to go to Lisbon and stay in the mission home as Pres.Tavares and her were due in the Acores (Azores) for a zone conference. While they were in our area last week for a zone conference she got several calls about a Sister who apparently had appendicitis and needed immediate surgery. So she and her husband left our conference a little bit early so she could be here with this sister. We arrived on Thursday and were taking care of the sister and yesterday Elder Roberts took the elder to the hospital for his tonsillectomy. He was scheduled to be there at 2:00pm with surgery at 4:00. He actually got taken to the operating room at 9:30. He got out at about 10:30. Elder Roberts didn't get back to the mission home until midnight after having gotten lost in Lisbon twice. He didn't have keys to the mission home or the gate so I had to wait up for him. Our Elder came to the Mission home today and both he and Sister are doing very well. Jello in the fridge.Ice Cream too. Sister Tavares, who is a mother hen, is probably flying back from the Azores today because she can't stand being away from her missionaries when they need her. We will be here until Sunday then return to Loule. This morning when Elder
Meanwhile, Sister Tavares had scheduled a tonsillectomy for an elder who has been suffering for months and feeling lousy. We were asked to go to Lisbon and stay in the mission home as Pres.Tavares and her were due in the Acores (Azores) for a zone conference. While they were in our area last week for a zone conference she got several calls about a Sister who apparently had appendicitis and needed immediate surgery. So she and her husband left our conference a little bit early so she could be here with this sister. We arrived on Thursday and were taking care of the sister and yesterday Elder Roberts took the elder to the hospital for his tonsillectomy. He was scheduled to be there at 2:00pm with surgery at 4:00. He actually got taken to the operating room at 9:30. He got out at about 10:30. Elder Roberts didn't get back to the mission home until midnight after having gotten lost in Lisbon twice. He didn't have keys to the mission home or the gate so I had to wait up for him. Our Elder came to the Mission home today and both he and Sister are doing very well. Jello in the fridge.Ice Cream too. Sister Tavares, who is a mother hen, is probably flying back from the Azores today because she can't stand being away from her missionaries when they need her. We will be here until Sunday then return to Loule. This morning when Elder
Roberts left the alarm went off. I didn't know what to do so I started punching buttons....President Tavares got a call from the police. Luckily they didn't come here. All for now. MOM
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