There had been a lot of talk of typhoid this trip. First, drolkar, karma chagme's daughter-in-law told us how she almost died from it a few months ago (she waited to go to the hospital and got super dehydrated). Then a girl we met named tsering told us how she once had it and was in the hospital for six days...
For some reason, k and I assumed our vaccines were still good... then k developed a fever. Not just any fever, but a fever of about 104 accompanied by uncontrollable shaking chills. A few days later he was also throwing up and having "loose motions," as they like to say here. Unfortunately, we were all too familiar with stomach issues here, but a fever of 104 for three days-highly disturbing!!
Yesterday morning found us in the hospital, k hooked up to iv's. Fluids, antibiotics and pain meds being dripped into his veins. Not a situation you want to find yourself in!
Thankfully, the doctor at the hospital here treats typhoid all the time, so to him this is nothing new or scary.
Luckily, k's doing much much better! He hasn't had a crazy high fever for almost 24 hrs! I'm happy to report he's on the
Mend!
3 comments:
Eek, sorry to hear but glad you caught it early! Those vaccines are so expensive...but worth it!
Yikes! I hope Keith is OK. Jenn, don't you get sick too...AND THAT'S AN ORDER!
I've always tried to avoid typhoid.
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