We've been in Hoi An for three days and besides a little outing to turn in our passports and grab lunch, we've barely left the hospital. Did I say that Adam has dengue fever? Flying out of Saigon was miserable for him, and the first morning here we got up early and went to the hospital. He's stable now, which is great considering how there are four strains of dengue and at least one is usually lethal, but Eliza and I are joining in on the yucky GI party (in addition to dengue, he has a bacterial infection of the gut, something that at least 8 of the 9 students (myself included) have also felt the symptoms of - even those who have already returned to the U.S are feeling it).
So luckily we have a hospital room to ourselves with wifi and a flatscreen tv (that's what the 'International Department' gets you), which is great to spend all day napping in. We all have fevers and feel pretty crappy, but what better place to feel crappy that a hospital room? Many places, I know, but whatever...
We have at least a few more days in Hoi An, and because we have a return flight booked for Thursday, we're staying in Central Vietnam until then. Hue is so close, but if we keep feeling like this, I'm not sure we can convince ourselves to make the trek. I'm not making any decisions either way; we make the lamest decisions while sick.
So far, one stateside report of the GI readjustment being as miserable as the adjustment our first week here, but even so, I'll be so happy to be home.
This blog has been petering (?) out for a while, and for that I'm sorry. I'm getting fatigued in more ways that one, it seems. Like I said, there will be a final post with tons of photos once I'm home (and off the can).
Back to Pirates of the Caribbean III: At World's End. I'll get my pants made tomorrow...
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