So this weekend we decided to have a nice relaxing time going fishing out in the forest with some friends. While there, I got bitten by something that I didnt really see over 100 times. We realized when I got back to Baños because my back swelled up with countless insect bites as well as many other places of my body, including some places where I dont know how the bugs got there. Well, some of the insects in Ecuador arent your garden variety bugs and these turned out particularly nasty.
In the middle of Sunday night I woke with a raging fever that reached hallucinatory heights. Groaning, tossing and turning. Over the next two days, Santiago hovered over me with cold rags, trying to bring down the fever and pounding headaches. Every part of my body was on fire and the pain was everywhere. I could hardly leave the bed or eat. One time walking to the bathroom I just fell over because of the vertigo. Luckily I fell on the mattress instead of down the nearby staircase. I didnt make it out the door, much less to Salasaca to teach, which made me feel endlessly guilty. I think I actually tried to convince Santiago to drag me to the bus station a few times, but I really dont remember much.
I woke this morning and the fever broke. But I had no energy from not eating much and from sweating with an insect-induced fever for two days. The swelling around all the bites has gone way down, and I think I am about to be better. I gotta get to school tomorrow. I wanted to go this morning, but my body screamed NOOOOOO, NOT YET. So I am taking it easy so that I can go to Salasaca to say my goodbyes...
Damn bugs!!!
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I have been fighting chigger bites all summer but nothing like what you had. YIKES!!! Didn't Santiago know what the bugs were? Make sure you write whenever you can. I am going to worry about you in Columbia.
Love,
Mom
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