What this blog is about…

This blog is an attempt to capture some of the healthcare related information and stories related to our living in Guatemala. Moving out of the States meant leaving many familiar things behind. Most of these seemed manageable… figuring out how to buy food, educate our children, pay bills, rent a house, etc. However, family healthcare was more of a question. How would we find an orthodontist for my son’s braces? Who would we call if our child, with a known food allergy, had an exposure that could be fatal if not immediately treated with intravenous medications? We are not a sickly family, but in the States we were averaging at least one visit to the doctors a month. You can pack a lot of things in your bag, but the US medical system that we were familiar with was not one of them.

So here is what we have learned along the way and maybe you will find it helpful.