Malaria visits our house!
...it was 3:00am last night, we had been without power for 2 nights straight and nothing during the day yesterday either... it was unbearable heat, no breeze, the back up generator wouldn't work, we lay there drifting in and out of sleep and depair at the wet heat...under a tin roof aswell!
Karen nudged me..."help". She was shivering in this heat, chronic headache, aching fingers and toes and huddled in a ball. "I've been praying for hours" she said, "I'm well and it's over..." it was obvious if things were to get worse we would need to get to hospital quickly.
Right now she's in bed, power is back the house, the fever is over, the aches subsiding slowly and she is recuperating... it also means her resistance is being built up having passed this first great hurdle.
In the back of our minds we know we all confront malaria every time a mosquito flies around us....
....and for this recovery, Lord thank you.
Karen nudged me..."help". She was shivering in this heat, chronic headache, aching fingers and toes and huddled in a ball. "I've been praying for hours" she said, "I'm well and it's over..." it was obvious if things were to get worse we would need to get to hospital quickly.
Right now she's in bed, power is back the house, the fever is over, the aches subsiding slowly and she is recuperating... it also means her resistance is being built up having passed this first great hurdle.
In the back of our minds we know we all confront malaria every time a mosquito flies around us....
....and for this recovery, Lord thank you.
posted by Andrew at 12:23 pm
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The first attack is the worst and once you recover,like you said, you build up your resistance. Malaria is not to be taken lightly if you are not immmune or have lost your immunity by being out of an endemic area for more than two years.
Praying for a rapid recovery for Karen. Do note that the fever and chills sometimes return (on a 24 or 48 hour cycle) before one finally recovers completely.
Keep safe in His name
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