The first trip to the doctor of the mission!
I've kind of been sick the whole week, but it really started Friday
night/Saturday morning... midnight to be exact. I woke up with the worst
headache of my life. Took Ibuprofen, didn't do anything... tossed and turned...
my body really ached so I figured I had a fever too. I finally got back to sleep
around 3:30 or 4. We went to the doctor/hospital (like an urgent care place I
guess) in the morning. They took some blood and then we waited. They sent us
back to the reception area to wait. I felt really weak. Sitting up has never
been so hard. Sister Soares let me put my head on her bag in her lap. One of the
nurses finally noticed and took us to a room with a couple beds. I slept for 2
hours there while we waited for the results. So I have something called Dengue,
which is nowhere to be found in my dictionary. From what I can tell, its
something that is carried by mosquitoes (I guess this is my wakeup call to be
more dilligent with the bug spray). It's really common here. They gave me this
really gross medicine for the pain and sent me off. I wasn't allowed to attend
church yesterday because I'm really weak and not supposed to walk much. I totally
forgot it was Easter until halfway through yesterday when I looked at my
calendar. Happy Easter, y'all. We got some ice cream, chocolate, and juice that I
have absolutely no apetite for whatsoever. Don't worry, I'm fine. I should be back
to normal in a few days. One of the members brought some soup by that I can eat
and my companion and the other Sisters in our house are taking care of me,
making sure I eat, and doing lots more for me too.
What an adventure!
We have interviews with our mission president this week in Ribeirão Preto
Wednesday and then Choir practice Thursday so I'll get to spend a chunk of the
week chilling outside of our area.
That's pretty much all that's happening here. Sorry for the short, pretty dry
email. It's been quite the week. I'm just ready to crawl back into bed.
We really did have some fun at the doctor. People here love Americans. The
doctor got to try out some english and the nurses too. There were asking lots of
questions about how to say things.
Hope you all have a wonderful week!
Wish my mom a Happy Birthday this coming Sunday ;) I know she would
appreciate that!
Much Love,
Sister Shipp
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