The Island's farewell...

Well, is seems that this island is intent on making our last 2 months here very memorable ones. First we have a hurricane and now with only 6 weeks left I come down with a case of dengue fever. This is a virus carried by a certain mosquito down here in the Caribbean.

It came on Friday night after the date night. I woke up in the middle of the night with a high fever. I literally laid in my bed all Saturday and Sunday. Sunday night I passed out in the bathroom and scared Dave half to death. Monday I actually felt better and thought I was on the mend...well that was a quick thought because by 2 in the afternoon the temperature and pain were back, so I spent the rest of Monday, all of Tuesday and Wednesday on the couch. Today I forced myself to get up and go get some supplies for Halloween tomorrow, but once I got home from our 1 hour trip I had to lay down for 3 hours to recoup! So far some of the different things I have experienced with dengue fever are high fever, severe back and neck pain, eye ball pain, loss of complete appetite, headache, fainting, weird scatter brained head feeling, red and sore palms and soles of feet, rash and itching...and every day it seems to manifest itself in a different way. And I guess the worst part has just been the length of time I have been sick, I'm use to getting a sickness that last 24-36 hours and then its gone, not 6+ days of not feeling much better.

So, I'm hoping to feel better soon...or at least well enough to function! This just really stinks! There is some good news here though...Dave passed his comprehensive exam so he has one less thing to worry about! Oh and tomorrow we only have 5 weeks to go! At this point it couldn't come soon enough...and I pray the island doesn't have any more surprises for me!