An update, at last!

Dear blog readers,

I know that it was been what seems like FOREVER since I have updated my blog. Perhaps I should explain what's up:

We went to Kedougou in the Southeast region of Senegal. I caught malaria. I rested in bed with an I.V. for three days. Seemingly recovered, I traveled back to Dakar with the group. Three days passed. I woke up at 3h feeling terrible. I went to school anyway. I kept feeling worse and worse throughout the day. I visited a doctor that night who prescribed a few more pills. I stayed at the school for two days until deciding that I had better go see another doctor. I went to a clinic, then to a hospital (which they called a clinic) in Dakar. I stayed there for three days before the insurance company decided it was in my best interest to be evacuated to Paris. I came to Paris on a commercial flight with a doctor and have undergone countless blood-tests, ultrasounds, urinalysis, etc. Though I don't feel any better, the doctors in Paris are convinced that I have recovered. They are sending me back to Dakar on Friday. Once I get there, I am not sure what I am going to do, because they recommend bed-rest for several days. Needless to say I am very discouraged and wish it would all be over.

Please excuse the negativity of this entry, and the inexcusable intervals between updates.

-Ryan