Does she or doesn't she?
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
On Sunday night, Emily said she wasn't feeling well and headed to bed early. Monday morning she woke up saying she felt like she had a fever - but she didn't. She stayed home from school and felt sick most of the day and by evening did have a fever. At 2:00 am she woke up with a 102 degree fever and a sore throat.
There is a flu going around town and it is probably what Emily has. However whenever someone has a fever here, malaria is always a possibility. A sore throat sometimes accompanies malaria. To determine if it is malaria, a blood slide has to be taken, preferably when the patient is at the fever stage. At 2 am, that is hard to get.
I'm feeling a bit off too - which in this case is probably good news, because it is more probably that Emily and I both have the flu. We'll watch and see what happens to determine if a blood slide is needed.
If Emily does have malaria, generally it is not a serious issue if is treated.
Labels: life in the tropics
posted by Martha @ 1:46 AM
