Hey hey!
Just a quick post as, for reasons that will become evident, I've not been up to much this week, but I wanted to reassure those of you who may have heard on the grapevine...
I had malaria. fun fun fun. A work of advice - if you get ill in Zambia do not do it at the weekend. I started feeling ill on Saturday but on Sunday, despite trapsing up and down town (which is the last thing I felt like doing) to various clinics and hospitals, it transiped that in the whole a Kabwe (a major town, in Zambian terms) there were no doctors working and no labs open. So, back to bed until Monday...
Anyway, it eventually transpired that I had malaria and by Tuesday I was on (disgusting) medication, which sorted out the fever and achiness, to my relief. Within a few days it had also sorted out the sickness. But I was fairly weak for a time. In the first 48 hours of being ill I slept 34 of them! And for the next week I was sleeping at least 15 hours a day and couldn't eat anything. But hey ho, I'm fairly well recovered now and back at work today.
Thing are a little slow at the start of term, which is possibly a good thing given the above, and also given that Chitalu has decided to run of to Lusaka for a while.
Anyway. That's pretty much all my news - since the last post I have just been in bed.
Love love love and prayers prayers prayers
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3 comments:
I'm sorry to hear you've been ill Claire - it sounds pretty nasty. I hope you're over the worst of it now though and that you get back to having a good time. Thinking of you! Chris
Hi Claire, glad to hear you're feeling better! We've been thinking of you. Heard from your dad that you're thinking of changing tack - good luck with everything! Lots of love from Janet, Tony and Freya xxx
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