Sunday, November 4, 2007

Stomach flu in the Fugate household

It seemed like the past week would never end but in the end it went by very quickly. Sunday night I woke up around 4 am from something wet and sticky gushing all over my back and hair. A second later August sat up in my bed and said “mama, I threw up”. This was the beginning of a 2 day stomach flu; both August and I were sick; upset stomach, fever, and total exhaustion. William was a real trooper; on the worst day he ran up and down the stairs with clean underwear for August, water for me, towels, as we each occupied a bathroom. Eventually he sat down next to me and said “mama, I’m really, really hungry. Can we order something?” It was indeed a little easier to be sick here in Egypt because everybody – all stores and restaurants - delivers. As long as you have money in the house, you don’t have to go out. So William ordered in.

As soon as we had recovered, by Thursday, we went out and at the CAC Egyptian festival, William got to choose a galabeya (see picture) for himself. When we came home that night, Courtney got the flu, and has been out all weekend (as have a couple of our friends). Today, the first day of the week, everything is back to normal. Il Hamdulillaeh.
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