More Ecuador learnings

 Travel back from Ecuador required a 650 meter walk with luggage from hostal to bus line, then a 3 hour bus ride from Olon to Guayakill. A long walk thru the 3 story bus terminal to the taxi stand, Taxi ride to airport. Waiting in numerous lines to checkin, go thru security screening, and hoof it down to the gate. Luckily we had purchased empanadas the night before for breakfast on the bus, not trusting the quality of the food the vendors that hop on the bus at the beginning of a town and exit at the end of the town. I try to stay dehydrated during such bus and airplane travel, especially since the buses do not have bathrooms. In Miami we probably had to walk a half mile before we even go to customs. Our flight to Charlotte had 4 gate changes before we even found the right gate. We did some 8500 steps today, if you're flying you better be prepared for lots of walking or waiting for wheelchair services. Now spending the night in the Charlotte airport since our next flight to MSP is at 9:30 in the morning. 

My toe crest is not enough to prevent massive spasticity in the left toes. I can't walk barefoot on hard surfaces, walking on the toenails is not pleasant.

But there is no need to treat spaticity, Dr. William M. Landau says so in his uninformed 'expert' opinion.  Survivors would immediately disabuse him of that notion. When schadenfreude hits him with his stroke he'll regret his ideas on the matter.  I'd have fired him from any position in stroke a long time ago.

His statement from here:

Spasticity After Stroke: Why Bother? Aug. 2004