Wrote on September 17th:
I got to take home the trophy of being the first person on the squad to be hospitalized. We were in Kathmandu, Nepal doing debrief of our first month in the field. On the third day of debrief I could not be any further than 100 yards from a bathroom without fear of ruining one of my four pairs of undies. Although this was tough, I was thankful to be in a part of the world where they had normal toilets and I wasn’t having to use squatty potty’s. After three days Kelsey generously sacrificed her debrief time to help me get a taxi and go to the hospital with me.
When we got there, I was expecting to just get some medicine and get sent back to our hostel. After a few tests, the doctor came in to let me know I had Giardia and a bacterial infection. He also let me know that I would not be leaving soon. On the bright side this hospital was super nice. The only difference between it and a hospital back home is the power would go out several times a day. The people working were also incredibly nice. They took such good care of me. Over the next three days they gave me eleven 500ml bags of fluid, antiparasitics, antibiotics, and a few other things. There was just a lot going on and if it wasn’t for Kelsey and her nursing background, I would have had no clue what was going on.
I am so blessed and can tell the father had so much favor over me during that time. The hospital was only 15 minutes away, everyone spoke great English, and it was just unbelievably nice. That was about a week ago and I am feeling good as new. Which is also such an amazing blessing because today we started the first day of our trek to Everest Base Camp!
Stay tuned for lots of videos and pictures from our next 12 days of hiking!
