Within the last week
I’ve experienced some firsts. Some of
which I’ve really enjoyed and some of which I would never like to experience
again.
The enjoyable
experiences:
I bungee jumped for the first time, and it was
over the Nile so that was pretty sweet! Pictures and video coming at a later time.
I went white water rafting, something I’ve always
wanted to do but have not have had the opportunity to do. We went through class II-V rapids. They had class VI rapids but they don’t take
people over those, so we had to walk around them. On our first class V a wave took me with it;
probably one of the scariest, if not the
scariest experiences of my life. But I
loved ever moment of white water rafting and I can’t wait to do it again, maybe
even one day back on the Nile.
The Not so enjoyable experience:
I got extremely sick for the first time since being
gone; 4 malaria parasites, typhoid and an amoeba. Because of all this I got to experience my
first overnight experience in a hospital. And not just for 1 night but for 2
nights. When I went into the hospital
to get tested I was informed I had malaria and my blood pressure was 80/50 and
they recommended I get an IV, but I didn’t want to stay in the hospital I
wanted to go back to my bed so I refused it. Came home, took my pills, and immediately threw up. I could not keep any fluids down for the
afternoon and around 5 decided I should go to the hospital and thus started the
road to recovery.
Pictures and video coming soon!
