Dengue!

Weds I woke up feeling awful and achy and it only got worse.  Naomi spent the afternoon at Sarah's and Steve had to come home with Rose and Joshua. Thursday, Naomi was in preschool in the morning and then she went to another friend's for the afternoon.  I stayed in bed all day, feeling feverish and wanting to curl up in a ball and sleep.
Thursday night I decided I needed to go to the doctor and skyped our OMF doc who was in Singapore and she agreed.  A good friend in our mission took me at 11 p.m.  I had blood tests and some saline to rehydrate.  We left at 1:30 a.m. but at least the traffic was good at that time!
I have spent the last few days between the settee and the bed, sleeping a lot and Sunday I went for another blood test to check for dengue fever.  A nasty mosquito borne illness.  The fever lasts about 5-7 days and then the recovery is, on average, 10 days with a few weeks post-recovery to get right.  At first our doctor wanted us to delay leaving for a week but as my fever broke two days before our flight we were cleared to go to Singapore as planned.
One of the blessings has been the way our friends have rallied around and helped by cooking meals and driving me for blood tests and taking the kids swimming in the afternoons.
The sad thing is I did not get to say goodbyes to my class or colleagues.  It is a strange finish to the term.