Illness

It was inevitable that at some point there would be illness (in the UK I am sure we would have had a plethora of winter colds from school by now). But having illness in the family here is slightly trickier given that the mind will always drift to the possibility of tropical disease. Ruth has been under-the-weather now for a couple of days and when the headaches and nausea began, we started to wonder if we were being foolish adopting our usual relaxed approach (like many children-of-doctors, our kids have to be really ill to get much attention). Ruth had also been a little bit cavalier in her approach to preventing insect bites and she had had more than the rest of us put together. So, although unlikely (given the timescale) a malaria test seemed like a good idea. This was to prove to be another step in my topical disease education as I was shown the bedside testing kit and how to use it – remarkable.

Delighted to report that it was clear.

This is to be a short post today as I’m trying to become an overnight expert in portable autoclaves (more to follow on this topic in due course).