El Pie de Mi Novia (The Foot of My Girlfriend)

Sandy's poor foot after its stitches are in!!

When you read Sandy’s blog about the foot injury you will immediately connect with the good deeds done by so many here in Mexico. The ride to the clinic in Cihuatlan (and afterwards to Manzanillo) was harrowing and the events after that a mixture of pains interspersed with relief and heart felt thanks to Mexico and its citizens. I will leave that part for Sandy to express, as only she can at this point. We are incredibly grateful and that just reinforces the sense I have had for a very long time that there is a lot to love about this place.

The injury was very certainly serious from a visual perspective. As bleeding goes it was spectacular and had Ana (our new friend and assistant in this) beside herself in the description to the medicos working on it. While my Spanish is improving I could never have given as graphic a view of seconds after the accident occurred as Ana did at the time. The medical staff had quickly gotten an intravenous set up to give fluids until I said it wasn’t needed just yet. There was indeed “sangre” but it was not, not, not everywhere!!! Certainly Ana deserves a medal in all of this though. She kept the ball rolling at the clinics and actually paid the bill at the end (for which she was both reimbursed and rewarded). The reactions and clarity of thought at each place was stellar. The concern and care; unbelievable!! Considering the negative side to this day this was a great day from the point of view of giving us a new respect for how well this place works.

It still amazes me (somewhat) that the effect of Newton’s 1^st law is so thoroughly complete that it would so forcefully be felt in this instance.

“A body in motion will continue in motion unless acted upon by an equal and opposite force.”

Or;

"An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.”

When the water taxi turned 90 degrees and righted as it came out of its jet fighter turn the batteries just kept on going in the former direction. A very effective demonstration of this particular law of motion was given to us today. As an aside, too, the taxi driver was quick to react and had a t-shirt wrapped around the injured foot before we could believe it.