Back to the Hospital Again!

Hello Family!!

Yeah I’m glad I was able to see a Doctor in Managua too! The fungus has gone down a lot but now I have another surprise. I had an abscess on my right leg right behind my knee cap. (Brother Tryon knows about those and also talk to him about sending "panalog" to me; I hear that works really well for an anti-biotic) When I went to the hospital the doctor said it was just a bug bite, but then it got bigger and purple and black and super infected. So when I went to the doctors to go get it checked out they took me straight to the Emergency Room. And I had for sure, an almost Joseph Smith experience. Okay here they don’t have anesthesia to inject to take away the pain so what they did is had me take of my pants, and lay down on the operating bed on my stomach. Then they went to town…..first they took a blade and made an incision in my leg at the infected part and the missionary that was with me said blood and puss just spurted everywhere. Then they took syringes and started injecting anti-bacterial killer into my leg and it hurt so badly!!! They had to have done it 12 times. Then the just started squeezing out all the puss and blood and squeezing and squeezing. (IT HURT SO FREAKING BAD!!!) Then they took tweezers and “oh lucky me” pulled out 3 larva of some kind of insect and a little black ball (how fun!!) Then they just squeezed out the rest of the infection.

Well so after that operation I couldn’t walk because the infection is on my tendon and the back part of my leg. So they told me I wouldn’t be going to my area until two weeks, when I will be able to walk right. So that day I didn’t walk much. Well I went back today and did the same thing again and that hurt twice as bad. While I was there it turns out I had two more abscesses; one forming on my left arm on my forearm, and the other on my other leg practically in the same spot as the other. So today they also operated on my arm and that hurt really bad too (what do you know!!) I have all these other bug bites so I can’t wait to see what those turn into.

Yeah, that was good to get out last week and teach again, it is true, the spiritual feelings were not as frequent in Puerto. I’m way excited to go out to the field again but I got to wait 2 weeks till I’m able to. That’s good that the families got together again. (Amanda, whatever happened I don’t know, but please just do as Christ would and forgive and forget, don’t hold burdens that’s what Satan wants us to do. I love you all Carver, Amanda, my nieces and nephew, I hope you work things out.)

Right now I don’t know much about the new area I will be serving because I haven’t gone yet ha-ha. But I heard it’s an awesome area and I’m super excited to go! It’s not to far from Managua I don’t think. My companion is Elder Harris from Utah, he will be going home in December, but I hope I do have a great and successful change with him too.

I heard about Ammon´s mission call that’s so AWESOME!!! Yeah, I heard Monson´s doing well, stinks how the mission rules are strict and we can’t email each other. Ha-ha

Okay so I was thinking if you were to send something for Christmas. New undergarments, they don’t have any my size here, cool tie, socks, and a photo of the Mom, Dad & Carly, plus Carver and Tanner’s families!!!! Thanks!!! I don’t know what we will be doing as far as Christmas. Where we go? What we do? I would think we go to the mission home but I’m not sure. As far as the member candy service project I’m good with it, thanks for offering.

Now, I’m replying to Dad’s letter. Okay I’m sorry for the news and my health is not sounding too good, but I’m getting the best treatment here in Nicaragua so hopefully it’s enough. I just have to learn to endure trials “the road to salvation, first it may be something like going through the Garden of Gethsemane” and if that’s suppose to mean physical illness, I don’t know, but I do know Heavenly Father is watching over me, and whatever happen…happens. Right now I’m doing the best I can to stay healthy ha-ha but its not really working. I’m really trying to stay healthy but I don’t have all the resources like I do in the states. Something I didn’t have for a long time in Puerto was bug repellent so that first month I got eaten alive. I am doing the best to stay healthy, but remember I am in a third world country and the third poorest country in the world, so there is not much I can do and not many resources.

I will defiantly send you photos of Jinotepe when I get there, I’m way excited to go, and it’s going to be awesome. My Spanish is good, some people think I am from Nicaragua because my accent is pretty good ha-ha. It’s AWESOME!!! I can understand people and try each day to improve but there is a ton I still have to learn.

Okay so about the phone call home at Christmas, what exactly do you want me to do?? As far as I know yes I am able to talk to you on the internet but I don’t know how this Google communication thing works?? But don’t worry about sending a head set, almost every cyber has one. I will also try to get a safe address close to me to have things sent if possible.

As far as your comment in the last paragraph I need to ask President first before seeking out professional medical help, it’s just how it works here. If he says no and tells me just to get over it and keep on working that’s what I need to do. They almost sent me to Jinotepe with that fungus and the abscess starting to form on the back of my leg, but luckily they didn’t, so I’m okay.

I love you all and thank you for your letters, I was thinking of extending my mission after 24 months, but with that I would like your input.

De le pues, nos vemos Con cariño y mucho amor
Elder Buck

Note from Sandra: I looked up Central America insect bites with larva and the closest match to what McCoy described is from the Human Bot Fly. If you want some fun video’s and articles on that gross subject, just Google the internet. If it this a bot fly larva, once they are removed the affected area heals and the victim is usually okay afterwards. FUN TIMES IN NICARAGUA, everyone pray McCoy gets out alive!!!