Getting Prescriptions in the Village





Sunny exploring the great white
mystery that is constantly
landing on her porch.

There is no pharmacy in the village so getting medicine can be a little tricky sometimes.  If we are out of the village when it's close to refill time, then we can simply call ahead and our prescription will be waiting for us to pick up at the pharmacy.  Since we are not always able to schedule a trip around refills we depend on the couple pharmacies that will fill prescriptions and let someone from the airport pick it up for us.  The pilots will then bring it over on their regular flights at no extra charge - something that is very much appreciated.  This seemingly simple process can become quite complicated at times.  The "airport" in the village is a simple shed with no attendant - or door for that matter - so one must meet the pilots on the runway to pick up the prescription.  If no one is there the pilots cannot, for obvious reasons, leave prescription medication at the airport so they take it back to Homer and try again later.  Of course they call before they bring it over, but scheduling is sometimes difficult since we do not leave school until 4:00 and the last flight lands at 4:30.  This doesn't leave much wiggle room for bad weather days when flights are few.  This got even more complicated for us this week because our phone has been out for two weeks so we didn't have the luxury of a phone call.  Luckily our good friends, who do not live in the teeny tiny portion of town still out of phone service, let us use their phone number.  Thus we did not spend the last two days waiting on the runway in a snowstorm just in case a flight made it over only to find out the prescription was coming on another flight.