Here's the sitch (situation!): I got a blister on the top of my finger from working on the wells in the village. When we popped the blister the cuticle kind of went away and left room for all kinds of lovely things to make a home in my body. Who really knows how I got a parasite though because I've been here for a month. I'm sure there were plenty of opportunities...my little finger just got the wrath.
I'm not going to lie. I didn't want to go to surgery because I thought they might take my finger nail off, and I am sort of attached to this one in particular...if you get my drift! :) Well on Tuesday I woke up with what appeared to be a skin rash or boil or fever blister or something hideous and uncomfortable right on my face. I also continued my slight fever through the weekend, although it was on and off.
The more I dug into what could possibly be going on the more I got scared and felt I needed to go to the doctor. So I sucked it up and went. It only cost just over $40.00 for everything, which is great and I have lots of medicine to take.
The worse thing about this is that it's affected my voice. It's been hard this week not being able to talk much or sing with the kids or during devotions. I had a beautiful moment with God earlier today when I couldn't sing, but just sat and listened to everyone around me praising God's Holy name. It was hard, because I love to sing, but amazing that God uses my silence to draw me closer to him! I feel so incredibly loved, encouraged and prayed for! I am feeling ok... not great, but not horrible! I am not a pill taker, so this new thing of popping pills every 4 hours for pain and killing the parasite will be interesting, on top of my Beta Glucan and my malaria pills.
Thank you for your prayers and concern! I love you all and continue to be filled with joy by your sweet words and encouragement! xoxoxoxo
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| The white on my ring finger is all of the puss. You can't tell but my finger was swollen on the top. |
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| On the way to "The Surgery": Smile, Jesus loves you! |
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| Katy went, too. She had to get her burn rebandaged. |
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| Sunset on the way there. |
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| Welcome to "The Surgery", open 24 hours a day! |
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| When I checked in they said "It's going to be a long wait." |
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| Over 2 hours, 90,000 Uganda shillings, and minor surgery later... you can tell how thrilled I am. |
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| I took a picture of Katy for being my surgery companion! She let me squeeze her hand and made me talk about my sweet pups back home! Love her! |
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