Layne’s leg looked terrible yesterday morning, a volcano erupting blood on her calf. The pain was excruciating. Something was wrong and we needed help. We looked for a doctor’s office that was modern and suitable but the only candidate was padlocked closed. Weird. The Paraguayan side of the border had an emergency clinic so we drove there but they were so chaotic we fled. Paraguayan border controls are a couple of miles south of the border so you can drive around the border quite freely.
There was nothing for it and we decided to drive north three hours to Rio Grande back the way we had come… “like driving to Miami from Key West,” my indomitable wife remarked as she settled into the bed with her leg raised. We passed through Brazilian customs northbound once again without being stopped. Borders here are very odd.
They took us in right away, English speaking staff thank god were assigned to us and they took blood to do some tests. The volcano resisted draining so they said it might require IV antibiotics but in any event we will stay close by till this is resolved. Hopefully after the Easter weekend we can get back to Chuí and pick up where we left off with the vet.
