Rookies

Well we are sick. We brushed our teeth with the water and ate at some random restaurant. We aren't sure which of these two made us sick, but we have not brushed our teeth again with tap water and we refuse to eat anything that seems a little sketchy. I woke up last night feeling incredibly nauseous. I spent the rest of the night in the bathroom puking. Arnie was sweet and woke up with me to make sure I was ok. By morning I was still sick. Then he started to get sick.
Before we left Edmonton we went out for a meal with an Ethiopian friend who told us all the ins and outs, including the Dr. he sees when he is here.
We had the Dr. number written down and decided to call. We got an appointment for 2pm. Although the Dr. did not take us in until 3, we were just grateful for him to see us. We had to do a stool sample to test for parasites. I'll leave out the next details, let's just say bathrooms here and collecting stool samples are not even close to the same as Canada. The bathroom had no toilet paper, soap or toilet seat.
Moving on, the Dr. called us in for the results about 20 min later. He turned to Arnie and said, "You are fine, you just have a GI infection. But you (turning to me) have an ameba."Great. Three days in and I have a parasite. He gave me a prescription for some parasite medication and quickly added the side effect was nausea. I almost didn't fill the prescription for fear of feeling nauseous all over again... worst feeling.
So here I sit, with my husband sick beside me and I am feeling a bit better myself. Although I hate being sick and today has been a long, hard day, I still have reason to be grateful. I am so grateful that today is not a day we are visiting Isaac or have court. Today was a free day so we could just lay around and be sick. I am also grateful that we had this Dr.'s number. He was so kind to us and helped us out when we would have had no idea where to turn for help. I am also grateful that Arnie and I could spend the day serving each other. We have been stuck in our room all day except when we went to the Dr. so we have been nursing each other. It's good to have an opportunity to be kind to each other.
Tomorrow we go to see Isaac again, this time we are going in the afternoon after nap time. Please pray for us that we will be well enough to go and visit our son. Nothing would keep me from him, but needing a toilet every 5 minutes makes going anywhere very difficult.