Ack.

Have you ever been really really sick at the same time your husband is really really sick? Me neither, until now. Actually, Mark is the really really sick one. I'm just pretty sick. He has some terrible horrible no-good very bad something-or-other. Possibly giardia, which he claims he got from a salad last week. I ate the same salad, but I complained because I had a big piece of dirt in mine. Maybe that was the better deal--his got washed and now he's sick. Who's to say? Including the doctor. We even went to the American doctor (he's from Minnesota, don'tcha know). Not having been this sick before (ever) it's hard to know if we are sicker here because there aren't as many tests for as many things, or if it's that we're exposed to different things here (although giardia is not uncommon in the US) or what. What we do get are a lot of drugs that don't cost much!

On on hand, if there is anything to be had, Mark will get it. His stress tends to show up in physical ailments anway and he's had some lovely bugs here, so Sunday when he started complaining we all just pretty much up and left--I mean, same song, next verse. On the other hand, he's past complaining--he's kind of past actual speech. It's mostly a lot of moaning and very alarming stomach sounds I can hear across the room. Poor guy. He did go to the doctor today and (compared to yesterday) I thought he looked perky-ish. The doctor's first words were "Wow, you are sick" so my perky assessment may have been off a bit. That wild adventure wiped him out and he's back to bed. He is supposed to head on Saturday to climb Kilimanjaro and is avoiding the reality that he's probably not going to be able to do it, which is so disappointing.

Me? Oh, don't mind me. Just allergies plus some wicked cold that makes my chest ache when I breathe (and funny how often I seem to need to do that) and a cough that I can't stop once I start.

Oh, and Noah tonight said he was cold and had a headache. He's NEVER cold. He's going down, too. I just know it.

How are things on YOUR end?