Well here’s something new

January 9th, 2009 by Leilah Feinstein

At the end of a full day of abdominal turmoil, I recall my father’s words upon speaking of his dog who was hit by the school bus: We are tubes.

After 5 lovely hours at the health clinic (and I do mean lovely, because my guide from Maximo Nivel, Carlos, was so sweet and actually made it sort of fun), an iffy-iodine/needle/possibly-used latex glove blood test, a tummy poke and prod, and 4 failed attempts to provide an “ejemplo de la cosa que no es la vomita; otra cosa”, it turns out your girl has Typhoid Fever, and possibly a parasite (which Carlos and I decided is my new pet). Joy be to do-gooders of the planet! Aha.

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This entry was posted on Friday, January 9th, 2009 at 2:36 pm and is filed under Peru.

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