10.06.09
H1N1….
That’s the swine flu…. I had a little scare a few days ago. I started coughing, then had a fever and headache. There is a flyer in the hall of our dormitory that describes the symptoms of the H1N1 vs. the common cold. It seemed I might have been kissing a pig… After 2 days in bed Patty dragged me down to the SIAS University clinic/hospital. After a series of hand signals and broken translation by a student angel that stopped in they put me on an IV and pumped me full of pills and potions. I didn’t know until yesterday that we were actually there in the hospital for 6 hours. It was a miracle cure. I woke up the next morning feeling normal. I still have a hacking cough – it seems that everyone in China has that from the air pollution. I don’t know if we’ll ever know exactly what it was, but I’m better now and ever so grateful to have had my guardian angel Patty and Ronny (the student) watching over me!
