Friday, September 7th
All of last night, I had a restless sleep filled with the
chills and an uncomfortable body ache. I slept until about 11:00am and then
Glenda woke me up to see how I felt. She said I had to go to the doctor and I
agreed.
The past two days I have slept more than I usually do. I’m generally
exhausted here, but this seemed different. The clinic was closed, so we went to
the pharmacist. I guess here a pharmacist is just as good as a doctor in some
places. The pharmacist listened to my symptoms, took a quick look at me, and
then diagnosed me with dengue fever. I got a shot in the butt for my body aches and
painkillers to take with me. Now don’t worry everyone, it is just a viral
infection spread by mosquitos. It goes away in a couple days to a week. I’ll
just have body aches and be tired for the next couple days.
After my pharmacy visit, I said goodbye to two great
volunteers, Lynn and Sabine. They each had been here for about 3 weeks. They
were awesome in every single way. I’m going to miss them. After they left, I
spent the rest of the day napping, reading, rehydrating, and resting. I’m going
to try and muster up energy for a patrol because I feel like I have been so
useless the past couple days.
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