Random Update

Okay, so the internet connection that we paid for is going to expire in about two hours... so we will make this our last post from Africa!

We had a rough night last night... Lindy was having a fever most of the day yesterday and it got progressively worse overnight... I am pretty sure it was 103-104 degrees! She was on fire! We ended up calling the doctor on call here at the hotel at about 2am... he was able to get us tylenol suppositories to help with the fever... nothing that we were doing was helping... I think the combination of the ibuprofen we gave her and the tylenol suppository finally got it down to about 101 degrees... the doctor recommended that she be tested for malaria in the morning... well, as soon as I googled malaria symptoms in children, we were very nervous! We had a nurse come to the room and look at Lindy first thing this morning, she took her temperature (102) and advised that we take her to an urgent care type facility... So, we were able to walk about 2 1/2 blocks and were very pleasantly surprised at the clinic and the doctors! They examined her, looked at ears, throat, etc.. took temperature and weight and decided to draw some blood for possible malaria or infection... the blood draw went great! They had a laboratory on site and looked at her blood under the microscope. The good news is that there was no sign of malaria... her white blood cell count was high which indicated infection. He prescribed an antibiotic and felt that she should do fine. I had happened to already have amoxicillin for her here and he said that was what he would have prescribed anyway. So, from start to finish the whole appointment lasted about an hour and fifteen minutes and only cost about $11! Terrific!! We have found that she hates to take medicine.. in fact one of the sisters told us that they have had a difficult time giving her medicine and have had to give it intravenously! Thankfully the tylenol is a suppository, but the amoxicillin was quite the chore to get down! Oh well, we feel thankful that we were able to get the medical help and set our minds at ease that she does not have malaria!! She is doing good right now.. laughing and smiling at me and trying to type for me! :-)

Here are some pics to enjoy! We can't wait to be home! See you all soon!

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