23/09/2009 Sick in Addis

I awoke late around 8am and informed Simon I was sick with a temperature and was shivering. I was in no condition to do anything but after some panados given to me by Taryn i made a temporary recovery. We were all going to drive to Landrover to get the bushes replaced but Deon had one of his silent paddy's and refused to go. I really could not understand but later i found out it was because when he wanted to leave Taryn decided to wash clothes. Leaving Deon to himself we headed to the hospital to get a malaria test as Taryn was concerned i might have Malaria. As it would take an hour to get the results we headed to Landrover taking some detours on the way, the gps not being able to provide directions. We ended up spending 4 hours at Landrover, the service pretty shocking. With the panado wearing off i descended into a fever again and with no panado to be found (why Landrover didnt have a first Aid kit i dont know!). Shivering uncontrobally i lay on the couch gritting my teeth and wishing beyond anything for panado's. Simon was starting to have a headache to and i was so happy when we finally left!

We headed to the hospital again where my result were negative. Meanwhile I lay in the car praying for panado and getting bemused stares from passers by. The doctor suggested they test for typhoid so i walked into the emergency ward in zombie state. After measuring my temperature at 39.6' Taryn extracted more blood from me so they could run more tests.

After going to the pharmacy we headed back to the Landy but found that the keys had been locked in. I sat on the pavement against a fence in my zombie state while the others attempted to open the Landy. About 30min laters they succeeded with the help of the spare key. Having had some panado's i quickly recovered to a semi-zombie state. With so much time wasted getting into the vehicle we decided to wait the extra few minutes for the blood tests. Once again the blood test came up negatice with regards to Malaria and Typhoid!

We headed home where with the panados kicking in I was able to have supper consisting of fried fish which although nice was to rich and fatty for my tender stomach. Afterwards i caught up on email and headed to bed, spending the night freezing and shivering, but to cold to get out of bed and get my sleeping bag!