I am among the living. It’s been a couple of rough days starting with last Thursday .It started as a basic cold but then progressed to laryngitis, fever, the whole thing. I missed school on Friday, and also on Saturday (We had a parent/teacher conference that in Indonesia translates - attack the teacher- oh wait- that's the same as in US). Anyway, I couldn't get rid of the cough - so Regina brought me some cough syrup. Since they don't have health inspectors for restaurants or construction of buildings I can safely assume that they don't have food and drug laws. It could be just a coincidence but I've had the runs ever since I took the cough syrup (besides some heavy duty bizarre dreams). Without getting too graphic - you do not ever want to get the runs in a place that doesn't use tp on a regular basis and has a hole in the floor that you stand over I was so sick I could barely stand up - so it was not pretty picture for the past 36 hours. I thought for sure I would be having Regina take me to the Doctor’s or the hospital – but that quite frankly frightened me more. Regina has been wonderful, calling and coming over with food and anxiously asking if she could take me to the doctor’s office. Abdul and Yanti have also stopped by with food and seeing if I needed anything. This was one of the lowest points of this far-flung adventure, when I really wanted my own bed, and my own bathroom.
....and another thing - why do they make the anti-diarrhea tablet encased in a plastic covering that a) you don't need to be fighting with as your squeezing your cheeks tight so you can make it to the bathroom and b) you don't have the strength to open because you so weak from not having anything in your system? Well on that happy note-I'm going back to school.
2 comments:
Wow, I'm glad you survived. Whatever got you, hit you hard. I'm glad you had Regina there. Except tell her to forget the cough syrup. That sounds awful. I don't know if I have ever been that sick.
I hope you are feeling better and things are looking up. School started here this week for teachers in the public school. Do you miss it?
I can't believe the summer is winding down. This is Katie's last week of camp. She starts school, first grade, after labor day.
Well, take care of yourself.
Thinking of you and missing you
Michele T.
Oh sorry you were so sick, I am happy to hear you are feeling better. Maybe you swallowed one of those bugs while sleeping. Just think how tough you are becoming through all of this. Dont worry about the cough syrup, a lot of medicines that we have here are from Indonesia or china., ok those are basically the ones being recalled but doesn't mean they are deadly. Love Barbara
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