Strep Update: Jesus is Awesome.

Let me tell you, Jesus is awesome.

As I was typing out my last blog post I was juggling insurance companies trying to figure out how in the world insurance works, never mind being an American in a foreign country trying to receive aid, and I was thinking, "For crying out loud! It's strep, I know I need some sort of penicillin, just give me some antibiotics..." Things don't work that way of course, so we finally headed out to the Port Colborne hospital. (CJ, one of the OM guys on my team, and his wife came with us)

After seeing the triage nurse (the nurse who checks vitals) I went to register as a patient. The registrar told me that there was a $620 fee up front. I knew that it would be high, but I was hoping it wouldn't be that high. So, considering that I only had strep throat and just wanted a prescription, I decided $620 wasn't worth it and we opted to start heading to the walk-in clinic where they would see me for $50. Luckily, I had to sign out first. I went back to the triage nurse who had seen me before and explained that I was just going to go to the walk-in clinic. There was a doctor present who overheard my predicament exclaimed, "This is @#&$*! Get over here, I'll check you out." She looked at my throat for 3 seconds, declared I had strep and quickly wrote out a prescription. For free. An hour later I had antibiotics that are hopefully coursing through my system
now getting rid of the stuff.

Today's been one of those days where there's no way I can doubt that God provides for me. It's only day 2 and we've been so incredibly blessed here in Canada.