August 2-3, 2010
Last got I had my first experience with food poisoning. It was the most awful thing. After I spoke with Mom online, I was feeling ill, so I came and laid down in my bed. Soon enough, I started to feel extraordinarily nauseous. After laying down in bed for a while, I went to the bathroom and vomited a few times. It was that gross pizza-I don’t think I can ever look at pizza in the same way. After I vomited, I felt a tinge better, and so I took out my contacts, turned out the light, and fell into bed. The problem was that I didn’t have any bottled water left, and I didn’t want to drink the tap. I think I would have vomited again had I done that-just because of the taste and I don’t know if I boiled it good enough. Anyway, I fell asleep very quickly, and for an hour, I was nauseous. At around 7 pm, I got up again, thinking I needed to vomit again. Instead, it was the other end, and I sat down on the toilet. The oddest thing happened then-I became very weak, and I started to lose my hearing. Bizarre! At the time, I had no idea why I couldn’t hear at the present, but I was too weak to care. I went to the bathroom, and while that was happening, I broke out in a cold sweat, but became very, very hot. I peeled off my windbreaker. As soon as I was finished, I think I must have flushed, and then gone to the sink, but my body was swinging wildly around. Before I knew what was happening, my body collapsed under me, and I think I fainted. I’m not sure, but I laid on the tile for probably 4 or 5 minutes, only thinking about how cold and good it felt, since I was sweating madly. And then, as soon as the heat flash had come, I broke out again in shivers, and opened my eyes. Before my eyes, I saw that when I fainted/fell, I pulled the sink with me, and it was dangling upside down. That’s when I knew things were seriously not good. I had only wanted to get back into bed, but now I knew I had to go to the Guarino’s. So, I left my house and rang their door bell, and told them everything that happened. More than anything, I just wanted some water, but NOT from the tap. I don’t care if it’s clean, I am not drinking it. They gave me Pepto-Bismal, and Dr. Guarino went out and got me two bottles of water. Ann had me stay in Bianca’s room, so that she could observe me, and make sure I was okay.
I think I woke up three or four times during the night, and drank some water-slowly at first, and then more rapidly as the night wore on. That really helped. So, I just woke up and I’m not nauseous anymore, just very tired, and a little dizzy still. Dr. Guarino said that I got food poisoning from the left over pizza-that explains the dizziness, vomiting, and head ache. At least it’s not malaria. They thought I might have got it since I have so many mosquito bites on my legs. But fortunately enough, malaria begins with a headache and fever. I didn’t get either of those symptoms until after I vomited. So, I’m eating a little now, and then I think I will rest more. My bathroom floor is flooded with water leakage. I feel bad for that.
But I am so thankful that it is over, and I praying that it doesn’t come back soon-rather, ever again. I hope that chapter of my life is finished.
I am so anxious to talk to mom tonight. I am getting my phone unlocked, so we can talk around 4 pm. I can’t wait! It’s the highlight of my day, and of my week. And mom is sending out a box for me, and she’s shipping it overnight, so I should get it either this week or next week. Haha, only in Africa does “overnight” mean about 4-8 days.
Okay, I am going now. Good bye.
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