November 18, 2007 - Adventures

Well, true to form, Eva has continued her travels through the medical world of Mexico, an adventurer through and through. Unfortunately this time, she contracted salmonella typhi aka typhoid fever. She felt really awful for several days with high fevers, chills, nausea, diaharea, and then a rash on her chest (that would turn cranberry red when the fever spiked). We saw a doctor who took blood that determined the diagnosis, and who then prescribed antibiotics, antinausea drugs, and fever medication. The illness began a week ago Friday. Treatment began on Sunday night when the doctor met her in the emergency room and took blood, followed by an appointment Monday. The drugs worked their magic and she began to feel much better, so that by Thursday she really was feeling much improved, just weak from not eating much for days and with soreness and redness around the edges of her feet and between the fingers of her hands. Then tonight as we headed out for dinner, she took a turn for the worse again, so we will do plan to do some more doctoring next week.
Unfortunately for Cledith, this was the week she visited us from Indiana. So, we didn't get to do many of the activities we'd hoped to do with her, but had plenty of R&R time to just chill. She was really looking forward to a change of scenery from frozen weather and caregiving for her 94 year old mother and is a good sport, so this worked out OK, but we hope she returns another time for a more action-packed vacation. We loved spending time just hanging out with her, seeing some flamingos at the beach, taking the house tour, meeting some new friends, playing some 3-handed bridge, and catching up on our lives.
Marilla and Rhodri have just left for a vacation in South America (Rio and Buenos Aires), which sounds so exciting. Talk about adventure!!
Update on Eva -- doctor gave her a shot of penicillin and more drugs including a different antibiotic, more antinausea stuff, and something to begin to regrow flora in her intestinal tract. She is MUCH improved now and thinks she has licked this thing for good. A perfect gift for our Thanksgiving Day celebration -- she can eat some turkey and stuffing!!
As it turned out, she had a high fever and no turkey or stuffing but finally as of Dec. 1, Eva is all well and feeling like her old self again. This helps Sandy feel like herself again, too!!