Emma had an allergic reaction to her breakfast this morning and required immediate medical attention. She's highly allergic to sheep and goat's milk, and we believe there may have been some residue of sheep/goat's milk in her cow's milk. While Emma was getting medical attention, we spent most of the morning trying to rebook her flights to Vietnam as she needed an extra day of rest in town...only to find out her flights were non-cancelable. We're hoping Emma can file a claim with her travel insurance company for the missed flights and re-book her flights from Ulaan Baatar to Hanoi since we won't get to Oglii until August 2 (her flight back to UB is for August 1 and to Vietnam is August 2). Hogy was completely stressed but maintained a level head throughout the day...glad we have her as our guide.
Once Emma was out of danger and resting, Erica, Tai, Tom and Verity went to Erdene Zuu Khiid, the first Buddhist monastery in Mongolia, while I went to the hospital with Hogy to get a copy of an invoice or a medical report for Emma. It seems the hospital doesn't formally keep medical reports or invoices...pretty much all payments are done by cash and record keeping doesn't exist for outpatient care. Hogy and I ended up going to an Internet cafe to download Emma's travel insurance claim forms and created a "medical report" form for the hospital to use. Hum...I guess I can't complain about our health care system too much.
Location:Kharkhorin, Mongolia
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