updates... Milagro is doing great. Karen still hasn´t given birth, but should like any minute. My mother in law, Vilma, was admitted to the hospital yesterday. Lenin and I spent most of the afternoon there and Iris, Lenin´s sister, spent all night. I am headed there to relieve her so she can go home and shower and come back. I expect to be at the hospital in Somoto all day until Lenin gets off work and then we will head home... at like 8pmish. So, yes, it´s gallstones. Apparently though, in Nicaragua, they only remove the stones, not the entire gallbladder? That is what I understood.... but perhaps I misunderstood? At any rate, we hope they operate today. By the way, the hospital is free. There is a sign saying that it is free and it´s
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