The Cost of Medical Care

Well, I went to the doctor yesterday.  In Hospital Chiriquí, in what is the Internal Medicine department, you can see any one of the doctors who are there at that time.  I like one particular physician; I’ve seen him for minor things like annual checkups for at least two years.   I like his attitude, [...]

Suspended Animation For A While

 
Sometime last week, I woke up after having “slept wrong” with what I thought was a pulled muscle.  I now think I have some form of sciatica.  I can’t bend at the waist normally; when I straighten up, the pain in my left leg is excruciating.  It abates with rest, but then I forget, and [...]

Panamanian Coral Snake

 
Yesterday, Darío brought this decapitated specimen to the house so that we could ooh and ahh over it.  It’s one of the Panamanian species of coral snake.
It doesn’t have quite the characteristic colors of the US southwestern coral snake, which has alternating bands of red, black and yellow.  You can see some yellow bands towards [...]