When we woke up this morning we realised that Dan was in no fit shape to be leaving today as planned, so he went to find Karin to ask if it was ok,if we stayed for an extra day. He told her all of the symptoms he was feeling, which I thought sounded very much like malaria, and her suggestion was that Dan should start taking the malaria medicine straight away that I had bought in Masvingo. I gave him the prescribed four tablets with some milk. We had planned to bundle him up in front of the tv to watch the next day of the cricket test, but unfortunately the painters from last week had started on the lounge and so had covered everything up and unplugged all the electronics. He stayed in bed instead, and slept for most of the day.
I woke him up with a sandwich I had made for his lunch a little later, of which he was only able to eat half of it. Thankfully he was really tired so just kept going back to sleep, and didn't have too much time to be sore or feel ill. I spent the day with the application again, and wrote and edited as much as I could while also checking up on Dan. The maid brought me a toasted cheese and tomato sandwich for my lunch which was just as yummy as the one we ate the other day! I was doing my application online in the office at Karin's desk because of the painting in the lounge, and it really helped with my productivity! At one stage in the afternoon I made Dan get out of bed to take a walk around the garden for some fresh air, but even the short walk tired him out!
When Karin came home and saw that Dan was still feeling really bad she game him two of her magic pink pills, that after about 30 minutes made him feel 100 times better! They turned out to be ibuprofen, and helped with the muscle aches he was feeling. I helped Karin prepare dinner, which was mash, pork chops, more delicious fresh salad and beans. Dan went to bed straight after supper and taking his malaria tablets, and I sat in the lounge working on the application till Kingsley told me to go to bed too so he could set the alarm. Dan was still sick throughout the night but the pink pills lasted till about 12 when I gave him another couple. He had also used up the remainder of our toilet paper in the night, so I went to the next door bathroom to get him some and managed to set off the house alarm, much to Karin and Kingsley's annoyance I assume! No one likes being woken up in the middle of the night, but we all went straight back to sleep till the next morning.
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