Cusco, Peru (part II)

Monday, May 12
We again spent large portions of the day at the clinic with Lee Ann. She was improving and that was a huge relief to us all. The rest of the day was spent planning the next move. I decided I would follow Jodi and Jessica to the coast of Peru to a place called Huacachina, which is an oasis in the middle of sand dunes. We booked an overnight (14 hour) bus ride from Cusco to Ica and we should arrive Wednesday around noon.

Sunday, May 11
The members of our trek had agreed to meet Sunday morning to get together and meet with our guide to do a little shopping and exploring of the city. However, as Jodi and I were waiting for the others to arrive, Jennifer found us and told us Lee Ann was not doing well. We had to check Lee Ann into a local private clinic where they initially told us she had salmonella, a urinary infection, and a blood infection. We spent most of the day in the clinic with Lee Ann making sure she had proper care. The rest of the day was spend on the internet and phone, researching her symptoms and trying to get in touch with doctors in the US that could give us advice on what to do. When we returned to the clinic later that night, miraculously the doctors had reduced the number of problems from 3 to 1 and said Lee Ann only had a kidney infection and should be able to leave the hospital in a few days.

A side note, it was Mother's Day and just to prove what an incredible guide we had, Aquiles brought his mother down to the clinic to meet and check on Lee Ann. Seriously, if you can find a better guide or person in Peru, you better have some incredible proof to back it up.