I’m staying another night in the hospital. Here are the details from Judy.

Well when we left NH November 10th we did not expect to become an expert on a Thai Hospital in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Jon has started his second day in their ICU while they give him lasix for the swelling, and an antibiotic for what they are now calling pneumonia. We were all ready to head to the hotel after the blood test which also included a chest X-ray. The doctor comes in with a long face and tells us he can not sign off on Jon going on an airplane. The heart and swelling is better but there is still fluid on his right lung. He suggests he needs to stay until tomorrow morning and get more lasix and IV antibiotic. He also added a nebulizer treatment. As you can expect we are very discouraged because we really have no options. The airline will not let us fly without his signature. So here is hoping he will let us go tomorrow but there is no telling and we are kind of held hostage. The true is this is probably all real but I hope he is not expecting Jon to be perfectly well because that could take a long time. Fingers crossed and offer prayers for tomorrow!

Royal Angkor International Hospital has sixteen doctors, nine are Cambodian and seven are Thai. They all speak Cambodian and English. Five of them also speak French, three Vietnamese, and one speaks Cantonese.

Our doctor if Dr Chea Socheat and he is Cambodian and speaks Vietnamese. He was educated at Thai Bing Medical Hospital, Vietnam and has Doctor of Medicine and Certificate of Basic Speciality of Pediatric. But not to worry he also has qualifications of Board of Internal Medicine, Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam. He really is knowledgeable and everything follows my knowledge base. We just wish he was a little less conservative and willing to send us on our way.

The Hospital is very deserted but then we are here on the week-end. Unfortunately we will now get to see if it becomes more lively tomorrow.