Poor Maudie was brought down by the Dengy Fever after we'd been bitten to death in the Lost City trek (there is a Dengy epidemic in Colombia)
After a week in Cartagena she still wasnt right and the flight down to Medellin took her down further. So after the doctor was called out and she had some shots we hoped she'd make a quick recovery. But this was not to be... after a hot fevery night we went to the hospital here to see a doctor recommended to us.
The hospital was amazing - Salud Sura was the name of the private brand here in Colombia (http://www.susalud.com.co/) and they are the cleanest, most efficient state-of-the-art hospitals that AMEX can buy. Maudie's blood tests showed she was down to half her white blood cells and she needed to go on a drip for the afternoon and we went back for many more tests the following days.
Thanfully Maudie made a rapid recovery and the amazing new hostel we checked into Geo Hostel (http://www.geohostel.com/) with its roof top jaccuzzi and sun deck helped both her and me recover from the shock of the dengy diagnosis!
This morning she spent time on Topshop.com, went to get her hair done and spent 2 hours in spanish lessons - glad to see her back to normal!
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