18 May
Clinic Day Three- Bulima (aka Day of Utter Sickness)
I did not sleep much at all last night- tossing and turning, horribly sick, hallucinating from the Malarone. I was still sick at breakfast but really didn't want to miss clinic. Guess who had to make use of an air sickness bag on the hour long van ride? Yeah this girl. Then the guard beside me decided to throw the bag out the window. Like I was going to say no to the man with a gun although I did ask the policeman if we would get arrested for littering. Genius.
I was barely able to sit or stand without feeling nauseated and the last thing you want to do is actually get sick on your patient. After a whole lot of awfulness, I got a shot of phenergan which for you non medical people makes you not sick but still completely exhausted. Cut to the part where I'm laying on the van sleeping for five hours and still sick. At some point we figured out that I was dehydrated and had a bad reaction to the Malarone so not being sick wasn't really an option. The sweet thing was that the guards and drivers checked on me every hour to make sure I felt ok and had enough water. They were so good to me and the vans aren't completely uncomfortable. I felt better in the afternoon and could work a bit in the pharmacy. Let's just say I'm glad the bro's going to be a pharmacist and not me. I was so bummed to miss a lot of today but hopefully tomorrow I'll be in much better form.
Here are the five pictures I took all day in Bulima. A record low for me.
Therapy Room
Clinic Site at the Bulima School for Disabled Children
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