Bump in the road...

Well, things haven't worked out quite as I had planned.  Unfortunately after being in Haiti for a few weeks, I got pretty sick.  I had a wonderful crew of doctors, nurses, and medics looking after me; and I'm so grateful for all of them.  But after being sick for more than a week and ending up back on IV fluids for the third time, we decided it was probably best for me to come back to the States to get better.  I've been home since Sunday night recuperating.  I definitely didn't expect to be back in Florida so soon.  I've had quite a bit of labwork done, which hasn't really revealed much, aside from being a bit neutropenic.  I was so heavily pretreated with broad spectrum antibiotics that it's pretty unlikely that anything will show up in my cultures at this point.  So I'm not really sure what it was that made me so sick.  All that matters is I'm feeling better!  I'm trying to decide what my plans are next.  I'm hoping to return to Haiti sometime in December.  I'm eager to get back to my patients and friends at Hospital Bernard Mevs!  I'll keep you posted on what's next...