Rite of Passage: My First Dysenteric Experience

So My mom came to visit me and we had a great time. We spent a few nights in Milingo and a night in Molineros, so she got to experience the two placed I have lived. She also got to see San Salvador and the beach. In my site, people were SO exited to meet her. EVERY SINGLE PERSON I introduced her to said "Que Joven!" and "yo pense que era tu hermana" which means... "How young"... "I thought she must be your sister." SO I guess my mom left with a confidence boost. They also brought her lots of gifts. She recieved a teddy bear, a box, a little woven bag, an embroidered cloth, more little cloths, coconuts, tangerines, mangoes, candies, earrings.... I told you they like to give, even though they don't have much.

So I was super careful of everything my mom ate and drank while she was here, but I must have forgotten to knock on wood the last time I said "I'm so lucky I've been here for seven months and I haven't gotten sick from the food or water." Almost all of my friends had by this point some type of diarreah/vomiting/infection/parasite/poop in your pants experience, so by this point I was feeling pretty lucky.... but I knew inevitably I would have to make that rite of passage. I just didn't know it would happen the night before my mom's plane was supposed to leave.

So basically it was nausea/vomiting/severe abdominal pain/diarreah/fever/dehydration that I found out later at the hospital was caused by amoeba parasites and a severe bacterial infection. My mom stayed an extra day to help take care of me (I'm a lucky girl) and then I spent four nights in the hospital. The hospital was nice and they took good care of me. I'm alive and feeling much better.
One of my friends had the same thing and when she was released from the hospital she came in to visit me. Also my host mom from training came all the way down from San Vicente to visit me in the hospital one morning and bring me gatorade and juice boxes. How sweet!

Well theres been a lot of stuff going on, and I've been having to spend a lot of time in the capital recently, for work reasons and others (Superbowl- Go Saints!).

Thats all for now. Miss you all!