What a Pair!

Shanley and I had our first experience with healthcare in South Africa last night.  I got really sick Monday with a gastrointestinal bug, and was vomitting every hour through the night.  By Tuesday I was out of energy (and food) to vomit any more, so I rested in bed the whole day, relying on saltines and sprite for sustinance.  Luckily I have some Azithromycin with me, which I took, and has come to my aid.

Then Tuesday night Shanley woke up with shooting pains in her back and drenching sweats.  She cooled down with some ice compresses, but was still in a lot of pain.  So we called our clinical director Avril, who is also a nurse practitioner, and she picked us up and drove us to hospital.  After some lab work and a chest x-ray, it was determined that Shanley's back pain was the result of the heavy cough she had been exerting over for the past two days.  The x-ray confirmed a respiratory infection and so she was sent home with an antibiotic, pain medication and a cough suppressant.  In total, we spent less than two hours at the ER; enough time to make it back to the hotel and crash!

Today we are both feeling on the upside of things, and with a little extra Vitamin D from laying by the pool, I'm confident we are well on our way to recovery.