Bits and Bites...

*I’m feeling much better although my energy isn’t quite back up to 100%.
*In the past couple weeks there have been at least three days where the power has been off from very early morning until dark, 6:00pm. They are pulling new larger cables. Which is a good thing really. But what you can do is pull all the cables, and then turn off the power to switch them all over at the same time… Ahhh, but that would just be too logical for here….
*The plane that experienced the hard landing is still stranded out in the village interior. We are still waiting for a ferry permit to allow the plane to be flown here to be repaired in full. After months of waiting, some of the parts for that plane were delivered last week, but they were damaged! Thankfully, after looking them over and much discussion, it was determined that they could be repaired and used. It seems like just one thing after another is hampering the guys from getting the caravans into the air! The other caravan that was down after falling off the jacks is finally back in full service.
*While living here, I’ve had to acquire a much greater knowledge of health and pharmaceutical matters. I have to admit that I enjoy trying to figure out what is “wrong” with someone exhibiting symptoms of an illness. Ritha’s daughter has been having a sore ear and fevers, but only at night. We did a blood slide today, and like the other two that were done last week, it was negative for malaria but showed a high white cell count. Malaria is cyclical. It is not uncommon to feel fine during the day and only have a fever at night. Infections usually cause a more constant fever. But Rode definitely has something in her ear and it’s got to come out so that the nurse can see farther in. So tonight we started her on quinine and then tomorrow we’ll get the ear cleaned out and see what’s hiding in there.
*Marc is also suffering from some kind of stomach bug. Could be amoeba or giardia but for now I’m treating him for worms first. Worms, sad to say, is just a part of our life here. We all take meds every three months regardless.