The Rash.

Over the past few days here I have developed an allergic reaction to something resulting in a crazy rash. My program officer has never seen a rash like this before, and neither have any of the local Mamas so I have no idea what is causing it. We think it might be something I ate but we do not know. So I took Benadryl a couple of times and it did nothing so I had to go to the hospital. The doctor suggested getting a Cortizone injection so thats what we did. Well I didn't know it had to go in my butt! So my first hospital visit in Africa had me bent over with my pants down with a huge needle stuck in my fat. As soon as the needle was in, I could feel all the contents oozing into my body, all down my legs and into my feet. Suddenly, I was overtaken by extreme sweat and heat, followed by the most massive head rush i've ever experienced. This caused me to almost faint and then I started vommiting everywhere. I couldn't stand at this point so the nurse plopped me onto a chair where I could barely hold myself up. The head rush didn't leave so I had to lay down for 10 minutes. Once I finally had enough strength I got up and began the walk home with Marko. A walk that would normally take five minutes took me 25, stumbling along in my woozi and light-headed mannor. The rest of the day I spent laying in bed because the nauseous feeling and lightheaded-ness did not go away for a few hours. So now, here I am with a sore ass, but the rash has gone down a little. The pictures I will put up were the first stages of the rash. After this, they swelled up even bigger and were a blood red.