Saturday, July 16, 2011

Malaria is not fun

I am now on my third day of malaria.  It is not fun.  I feel like I might be starting to get better, but my job and employees are getting in the way of a quicker recovery!  At night, the fever, aches and pains makes it hard to sleep.  I also have caught a head cold along with the nasty parasite.  This just compounds the discomfort!  My driver didn't feel well, so I sent him to the clinic to get checked and treated.  I told him I would pay for it because he makes a very low wage and I need to keep him healthy.  He came back with a receipt, and diagnosis for malaria, cholera and mild typhoid fever.  It cost approximately $50 USD to cure him and he is taking 12 pills a day!  I went out and out of my own pocket bought him a proper bug net because he didn't have one.  At least that will decrease the likely hood of the malaria.

And I thought I felt like crap!!!

Fingers crossed tomorrow will be a better day!!

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