Better-ish!

I really want to say thank you to everyone who commented or sent messages to me, it was SO unbelievably lovely the amount of people who cared or were worried. It's so so nice to see hundreds of messages from family and friends.
There were 62 people who read the blog yesterday! Up from around 18-25 per day. I know that it's difficult to comment sometimes but it's lovely to know people are reading.

I cannot begin to thank all the people who came to see me in the hospital and brought food and books and love and cuddles. Lisa was amazing, bringing everything I needed. She even ventured into my minging room which isn't so minging anymore (thank you PoePoe the maid for cleaning my room and bringing in books). She got my laundry done. Sylvia made me pasta for lunch and brought me into the hospital in the first place. She spoke Thai to the nurses and doctors which is invaluable.

I just ate a big meal of chicken supreme and home made chips. My roommates (Ben and Lianna) went out and bought lots of food for me and we cooked together. They've been so nice and helpful. They bought me a huge bunch of yellow flowers which smell lovely! It's always fabby to live with med students because they are very knowledgable about fevers and such.

So...these are my photos from the hospital and some shots of the Dengue rash.

This is my horrendous drip which I had in for about 28-30 hours. Overnight is horrible with a drip, keep thinking you're gonna rip it out.

I had SO many visitors, these are the Naw Naw's from Lisa's house. They're students at CDC high school and live with Lisa's family. They are so motherly and helpful with anything you need.

They were sleeping under the huge "bed sheet" towels they give you in the hospital.


They both slept the whole night (when they weren't nursing me) on that long chair thing. Kept kicking each other.

Me and my drip.

Sorry this one's side-ways. But you can see all the food people brought (and made) for me.

This is the second day. I was MUCH happier because I'd been told I was allowed to go homeee!

Si Si Win came to keep me company.

And this is the horrific rash, I hatehateHATE Dengue rash! I've thought of many ways to describe it.

One is it's like an old drunk man's red face.

Another is that it feels like you're wearing trousers made of towel. But really stiff uncomfortable towel trousers. It's itchy but prickly and sensitive at the same time.

So red!!

So, it was a horrible stay at the hospital but made bearable my the many amazing Burmese, Karen and Foreign friends around me who I will have to repay in some way when I'm better!

The calls and emails from friends and family back home have made this illness better and I'm so grateful for everyone's messages. Thank you.

And thank you Mum for letting the whole of Thailand and UK know about my short stint in the Pawo Hospital!

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