Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Holiday Schedule

The girls and I came up with a schedule for our days since they are on a two week break and there may be no travel in sight!  We made the schedule just like what they have in school. Every hour is a new activity. The schedule goes like this:
8am - Breakfast
9am - Exercise and Meditation
10am - Workbooks
11am - Piano practice / Art
12noon - Lunch
1pm - Outside play
2pm - Movie / Games
3pm - Pool
4pm - Chores

So far, so good.

Also, Viv has been fighting a viral infection of some sort. It started with fever on Saturday. The fever cycles up and down. She has periods of being tired and just laying on the couch, complaining of headache and dizziness, interspersed with periods of being her normal crazy self- laughing, joking, making annoying sounds.
Yesterday, she begged for ice cream so I told her that if she wanted ice cream, we would have to walk to get it. It's about 1/2 mile each way. She said her back felt hot and cold. I'm not sure what that means, but she has complained of this before.
Last night was the worst. She felt like a hot coal laying in the bed. I took her temp between her legs and just on skin it registered 101.8!  This morning, she was a normal temperature.
I know that if I take her to the doctor, they are not going to be able to diagnose anything. There is no symptom that shows a bacterial infection and without bacterial infection, they will not give her any medicine.
She also complained of pokey feelings in her stomach. This makes me think she could have a parasite or amoeba. Amoebas are common ailments here in Africa. However, without a stool sample, they will not diagnose her with amoeba.
Children are commonly getting these fevers without any accompanying symptoms. It has been 3 full days. We are on Day 4. I hope the worst is over.
I will go to the pharmacy today and get her Gabbroral, which is a medicine for the gut and cures any kind of stomach/amoeba issues. I gave her my last Gabbroral yesterday.
Daddy is on another trip. He came back last Thursday night, and left again on Saturday night.
They are doing their workbooks now. :D

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