Medical Update

After conferring with Ted and Alice's son, they concluded they would need to clean the area around the original bite, which was badly infected. Luckily, Jock's Lodge and Windsong each have well-stocked medical supplies. This is hard to do as you really need connections to get some of the supplies and pharmaceuticals. Between the two boats, they had everything needed to clean out and pack the area. The operation went well, and Iain's improvement is very evident. Today, Monday, he visited the nurse at the clinic. She was shocked they had done this. She was able to replenish most of the medical supplies used for the operation. They will need to replace the knife blades. The doctor is only on the island on Thursdays, and by then we should be on our way. We met Iain and Jan for lunch after their clinic visit in New Plymouth. The forecast is for rather high winds tomorrow and Wednesday. We went over the anchor this morning in the dinghy, and I used my face mask to check that it was, in fact, buried in the sand. It was well buried, so we will ride out the winds where we are.