Update on Linds's health

I ended the last post by saying that Linds wasn't feeling tip-top. She took a dose of levaquin and went to bed last night hoping to wake up feeling better.

Instead, things had gotten worse over night. Her sore throat was really bad, she had a pretty high fever and a rash had spread over much of her body. All of these symptoms met the criteria for Scarlet Fever.

We went to the hospital here in town to figure out what was going on. The doctor told us that it was probably a combination 2 things. First, she has strepp (sore throat and fever). Second, she was having an allergic reaction to the levaquin. He took her off of the levaquin and prescribed her a different antibiotic that would take care of the strepp without giving her an allergic reaction.

When we got back to our house here, we called our trusty doctor from the U.S. He has coached us through several trips, physical injuries, diseases, physical training regimens, etc... He is such a great doctor. He is very thorough and incredibly knowledgeable, so we feel entirely confident after talking to him about something like this. He told us that he agreed with everything we had been told in the hospital here and that if we were in the U.S. he would have done everything just the same.

We feel relieved and thankful that it isn't something much worse. We are glad to have a weekend for Linds to rest and recoup. Thanks to everyone for praying, sending encouraging emails, etc...