I survived my first African Bug!

And I don't mean the creepy crawly kind. Sorry I have not blogged in a few days. I have been sick. I caught some sort of stomach bug. We were headed out to a village on Sunday when I began to feel sick. I held Jed the whole way there and then during the event. His weight against my stomach (even though he is tiny) killed. And then I had to endure a 30 minute bumpy car ride home. At one point we had to pull over because I thought I was going to vomit. Once we got back, I headed straight to the bathroom and then to bed. Within a couple hours I was vomiting and visiting the bathroom round the clock (I apologize to be so frank about going to the bathroom. Poop is a frequent topic around here! It says a lot about how you are doing). Sheena tested me for malaria and the test results were unclear. Fortunately Monday morning we ran two tests which came back negative. So, I probably just caught a stomach bug. A few others had been sick the week before so it probably was the same thing they had. Monday morning I was extremely dehydrated (going to the bathroom 15 times during the night will do that to a person!) so they hooked me up to an IV. I had it in from about 10-7 during which they pumped me with a few liters.

Now I am feeling much better. I am still worn out, but on my way back to 100%. Thanks to the people that helped me, especially Kristi and Sheena.

Oh yeah... and I survived my first injury! I was baking cookies and reached into a drawer to look for a spoon. I failed to see the five or so large knives on top and sliced my finger. (Seriously... who reaches into a drawer of knives?) After seeing the blood wouldn't stop I ran over to the clinic for treatment. Kristi dermabonded my finger and it's healing nicely.

No broken bones yet so that's good!