Sometimes life isn't fair:
For example, when I was in Tanzania:
- I put on mosquito repellent on 2 times a day
- I slept under a mosquito net every night (I even used dental floss and a needle to repair the tears in my mosquito net.
- I took my malaria prophylaxis every day at the same time.
And after that what happened? I got malaria.
Logan on the other hand:
- Never uses mosquito repellent.
- Stopped taking his malaria prophylaxis pills after his first two weeks in Africa.
- He has been in Africa for 2 years and has stayed in extremely malaria prevalent areas.
- Sometimes he does not even use a mosquito net.
And yet, Logan has never had malaria in his two year stay in Africa.
In Uganda:
Logan, Drew and I ate ALL the same food. We slept in the same house/stayed in the same locations. We used the same filthy outhouse. We did all the same things and what happened?
AND apparently, " US travelers abroad have about a 1 in 10,000 risk of contracting typhoid fever, but this risk increases several fold when visiting countries with endemic typhoid. "( http://www.emedicine.com/OPH
Yeah, so I have really bad luck.
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Hi Christy,
This is my second attempt at leaving a message for you. Hope it works.
Sorry to hear that you have been so ill.
Take care of yourself and come home to us real soon. We miss you and would like to see your smile once again.
Are you going to rest a bit before you return to school? Hope so.
Much love and prayers for you each day.
Tom Petruzzi
Tom! It is so good to hear from you! Yes, I am feeling much better. Thank you for the thoughts, the comment, and your prayers. I am going to get several weeks to rest in Nairobi and then several more weeks back in the US before medical school starts. Thanks again, Christy
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