As the dogs continued to block the road, I went on, had a coffee and then went back to my accommodation to discuss with my landlady what to do in such a situation. It turned out that my landlady’s daughter had also been bitten by one of the dogs some time ago. She was bitten in an even more unfortunate spot on her bottom. In addition, both my landlady and the owner of the dogs have been in a neighbourhood war for some time. Next, the police were called and contact was made with the owner of the dogs. In the end, she had to take me to a doctor to have the wound looked at. Naïve as I am, that’s what I thought! But things seem to be different here in Mexico. Here in Mexico, doctors are often linked to pharmacies. But I haven’t really understood the system yet. First of all, we drove around for 2 hours until a pharmacy also had a doctor on site. Probably because that was the cheapest alternative for the dog owner. So I sat down on a chair and the “doctor” also stayed on her chair behind a window. She quickly told me to take ibuprofen 3 times a day and, if I was in pain, a painkiller as well. The wound was not even looked at, no questions were asked about vaccinations, etc…. All in all, it was quite a failure! The owner of the dogs paid 2,50€ to the doctor. Yes, well I thought… maybe I should open a doctor’s practice here too!!!! My findings and medicine suggestions can’t be much worse! However, I am glad that I have such an educated doctor like Lina in my circle of friends in Bonn, whom I contacted directly. Fortunately, she kept me up to date directly via Whatsapp voice message and photo exchange of the wound and advised me what the next steps were and how I should observe it. Well, in the end I survived all the fun without any damage and fortunately I didn’t have to touch the ibuprofen or painkillers. Small learning in any case, that I can save myself the trip to such a pharmacy doctor next time.
You can check-out any time you like,
but you can never leave…
coole Fotos und ein schöner Bericht! Aber nach so viel Mexico: Wäre es da nicht langsam an der Zeit, die Cap gegen einen Sombrero zu tauschen ?!?
Uli, du hast absolut recht!!! haha