hospitals, oraphanages, and vomit

As you can see today was a bit of an interesting day. Actually lets start with yesterday. After church we went out to pizza, it was actually really good. Sadly about 45 minutes later I began to feel sick. I wish I could say it ended there. For dinner we had some really tasty chicken legs. We had a cookout and ate under the stars! It was so awesome.

Today we started work at the hospital at 8:00 am. Sarah and I shadowed an internal medicine doctor. It was really interesting. We saw two ladies with chagas (its a type of paracite that causes heart and stomach inflammation. We also saw a lady who had been in an accident as a child. She didn't receive good medical care which resulted in terrible scars, a severely short leg, and a literally immovable foot. It made me appreciate how great I have in the USA. There would rarely be such a case there.

After we got done at the hospital I began feeling terribly sick. However I knew we were going to the orphanage so I decided to ignore it. Sadly that did not go over well. My entire time (4 hours) at the orphanage were miserable. The 1 hour bumpy truphie (taxi) ride back didn't help matters at all. We finally got back and I went to lay down which also made it a lot more painful. So I went to the kitchen where some friends were and hung out there till dinner. I decided being sick and eating was a terrible idea so I skipped...and MAN AM I GLAD. Sarah gave me some meds shortly after dinner...which didnt work.

We decided to come here (internet room in the hospital) to update blog. I decided to come cause I figured it couldn't hurt. I will spare you the gruesome details and just tell you that I puked 4 times. I was so thankful because I felt better instantly. However as I write now, I dont feel better at all. I am begging God to allow it to end there so I can be good enough to go to the older girls orphanage on Wednesday. Please PLEASE PLEASE pray that I do not have food poisoning, that would be awful.

O in case you were wondering the kids at the orphanage were so so cute. My heart breaks for them. They have some very sad stories. Once I get to where I am able to get to know the kids around here I am sure it will be awesome! Thank you all for reading, sorry this blog wasn't super awesome. I will try to give a more exciting and powerful update next time :)

Anna