So this past weekend I got the grand tour of the ER in Managua. Apparently I have a mystery food allergy. Saturday morning I woke up in my training town with a serious stomach ache and started swelling up like a balloon. A lovely start to the day.
Luckily I had Benadryll and my symptoms started to go away before I even got to the ER and I got to avoid the cortizone shot to the tuckus. I stayed in Managua in a hotel on Saturday night but then I got sick to my stomach (Im pretty sure it was the aftermath of the allergic reaction) and lost like 4 pounds of liquid overnight.
The next morning I was back in the ER getting liquid via an IV and getting my blood tested for infections(?) - so much for avoiding needles. Luckily I don´t have an infection, not even parasites or an ameoba, but I have to be super careful about what I eat now because the doctors weren´t sure what I was allergic to. At any rate I left the hospital with enough meds and Pedialite (absolutely disgusting and tastes like old tequila) to last me a lonnnngg time.
At least this all happened before I ship off to my site which is further north and I was really close to Managua (Ive decided that´s the optimistic way to view the weekend´s events). Now I am feeling much better - I went to classes today, got icecream and a snickers, and only have one more day of training. It´s really disturbing how the simplest things now make me so happy :) My training class is officially swearing in on Friday, the 31st, I really can´t wait that will be the official start of my two years of service!
More posts later on in the week I´ll actually have access to wireless soon - woohoo!!!!
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ohhhh jen you poor thing! i'm glad you're okay, but also slightly disturbed you still don't know what your food allergy is?? way to stay positive, i would be dramatic as all hell which would help no one except for maybe myself because i do tend to be comforted by putting on airs:) seriously though, consider this your initiation into central america - you got hazed, hospitalized, and lived to tell about it! <3mol
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