When we landed in Bangkok, Cole's eye was getting pink - not how you want to spend your vacation - battling conjunctivitis. I was grateful that we lived in Bangkok before and that they have great medical care. I flashed back to 2000 when Stan and I first moved to Bangkok and I had an eye incident. At the time I wore contacts and sometimes by the end of the night would be rubbing my eyes from discomfort. One night I kept rubbing and rubbing when Stan said something must really be wrong with my eye. I went to the mirror and my eye was very red and had a clear gel-like substance on it - and I didn't have my contacts in. We hopped in a taxi (it was late on a Saturday night) and went to the urgent care at Bumrungrad hospital. The care was incredible. They got me in, seen, prescribed and out in less than an hour. I was dreading the urgent care bill, but it was less than $10USD! So when this eye incident came up I called Bumrungrad and they said they'd see us first thing in the morning. Once again thorough great care (he has 20/20 vision) and it didn't stop our vacation plans at all.
The adventures of the Burton family as we live and travel the world
The Burtons
Monday, December 22, 2014
Pink Eye
When we landed in Bangkok, Cole's eye was getting pink - not how you want to spend your vacation - battling conjunctivitis. I was grateful that we lived in Bangkok before and that they have great medical care. I flashed back to 2000 when Stan and I first moved to Bangkok and I had an eye incident. At the time I wore contacts and sometimes by the end of the night would be rubbing my eyes from discomfort. One night I kept rubbing and rubbing when Stan said something must really be wrong with my eye. I went to the mirror and my eye was very red and had a clear gel-like substance on it - and I didn't have my contacts in. We hopped in a taxi (it was late on a Saturday night) and went to the urgent care at Bumrungrad hospital. The care was incredible. They got me in, seen, prescribed and out in less than an hour. I was dreading the urgent care bill, but it was less than $10USD! So when this eye incident came up I called Bumrungrad and they said they'd see us first thing in the morning. Once again thorough great care (he has 20/20 vision) and it didn't stop our vacation plans at all.
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