Then, Sunday morning I wake up with severe stomach cramps and running to the bathroom. Sparing details, I haven't been far from the bathroom since. Body aches, blistering headache, temperature around 100 degrees, stomach cramps and diarrhea. I honestly haven't left my bed since Sunday and I have been absolutely miserable. I have to peel myself out of bed to go to the bathroom every 15 minutes and am constantly layering on clothes while shivering, then stripping them off when burning up. Sounds miserable right? It has been. Finally, with some push from the girl, I emailed our Peace Corps doctor and told him my symptoms. He immediately called and pretty much told me to get my @$$ to the hospital, in a much more professional kind of way of course.
After stumbling down my stairs and into a taxi, I made it to the hospital where I was quickly given an IV drip and hydrated with three bags of electrolytes, given some pain medicine and some other fancy medicine. I spent most of the day sitting in a hospital bed counting cinder blocks and staring out the window, but thankfully I was slowly feeling better. They diagnosed me with Gastroenteritis, likely from unsafe drinking water.
I came home a few hours ago and have been resting up as best I can. I still have a splitting headache and my neck is killing me, so its hard to stay asleep for long. But, good news is I ate for the first time since Sunday and seem to be keeping fluids in me. This might be one of the worst illnesses I have had, outweighing the last intestinal sickness a few months back.
Never take clean drinking water for granted...
Praying for your health!
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