There is nothing like a little illness to really make you feel homesick!
This last week has been full of much adventure, some wonderful some not so much. I started my work at Mahali Pa Watoto (Place for Children) and it is so amazing! I'm already starting to develop relationships with some of the children; picking up on some of their names and little personalities. (One even grabbed my hand as we walked to the playground, so cute!) I am starting to take inventory of all the children and this week I will begin traveling to their homes and interviewing the parents about basic information that the school needs. Along with that I have been helping the teachers in the classroom, basically what I call playing!
Coloring time.
Unfortunately, Thursday night I started to feel a bit sick. So Friday I stayed home to get some rest. Friday night I spent in the bathroom, ever 2 hours or so I had to throw up! I stopped counting at about 6 times, but it could have been more! Ew! Talk about an awful night. Saturday morning Jules convinced me to go to the hospital, which to be honest sounds more dramatic than it is. Most people here go to the hospital if they're sick instead of a Dr. like in the States.
So we went and I saw a very nice old bloke from Brit who had lived in Nairobi for 27 years. Dr. King did some poking around and decided there were two possibilities: malaria or food....what? I didn't think the two had any of the same symptoms but I guess that's why I'm not a doctor huh? So we had to take some blood and they said they would call me. They did and no malaria, thank you God! Given a little perspective, I was thankful to just have food poisoning haha. So I've been suffering through the last few days, still not eating, but finally getting a little life back!
Moral of this story, being sick really makes you crave the familiar. But in a way it brings you closer to your new surroundings. It's another experience I now know how to handle here and next time I'm throwing up all night I know I probably have food poisoning, not malaria!
Here are more pictures of the kids! Enjoy!
Playground swings.
Right side up or upside down?
Hand painting
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