First an update on Calvin. He was pretty sick today (we texted back and forth a few times — thank God for modern technology), but based on his symptoms, I’m pretty sure it’s a reaction to his malaria medication (nausea, vomiting and dizziness). Poor kid. He was feeling useless and discouraged because he wasn’t able to do the work that he was there to do (help build a wall and play with the kids). After being concerned about him all day I was happy to see this update from him tonight on Facebook:
Yesterday went great. We were able to meet the kids that we sponsor at the Hoffman home, and we got to play with them, as well as help them build a brick wall. Today… Not so well. I woke up and threw up 3 times, and took a Motrin, and was able to go to the Hoffman home, where I slept in one of the 2 guest rooms. At lunch, I felt well enough to go and eat just a little food. By about 4 O’clock, I was able to go outside and play around with them a little. We were able to teach them how to play baseball, and football. Even though none if them knew how to play either sport, they picked up really fast. Now I’m about to go eat dinner, and I feel almost normal. (Except for my enormous cough that I’ve had for about a month.) — feeling better.
I’m happy that he seems to be improving, but I think I’m going to recommend he take his malaria medicine with dinner tomorrow so if makes him feel nauseous, at least he can sleep it off.
In between text messages, we were on a berry hunt at the farmer’s market today.
