Under the Weather

The past couple days have been relatively lazy-- Chris and Sean have both been feeling sick and we've all been taking it easy as a result. Sean's had a bad cough and cold since we got here and has been pretty low energy but is doing okay. Chris, on the other hand, came down with what appears to have been malaria on Sunday morning, and has spent the better part of the past 48 hours sleepless and vomiting- no fun. After perking up a bit and spending Sunday out at the falls and having tea, the evening brought back with it the nausea and fever (it's worse at night--a tell tale sign of malaria). He spent most of the next day in bed, consulting with the Peace Corps doctor back in Lusaka, and contemplating getting a ride home. Having taken several rounds of the malaria medicine he carries with him, he woke up this morning feeling about a thousand percent better-- much to all of our relief-- and decided to stick out the rest of his recovery here in Livingstone. The evening tonight brought back some of the nasty symptoms, but he's been quite a trooper and should hopefully be fully recovered soon. Doubling up on the DEET and employing our mosquito nets and doxycycline (daily anti-malarial drugs) religiously!