malaria

Had my first run in with malaria that Friday mom was at school. One of my girls from the village was sticking very close to me which in a way was normal but then she crawled into my lap. She normally doesn’t touch me, she just stays close. I went out to sit at break and she curled up next to me with her head in my lap and didn’t move even when the other kids were crowding around and pushing. I took her inside to see if she wanted to lay down and she started heaving. Ran outside just in time to get her over the edge of the porch. Poor thing. I didn’t know what to do. We sat in the sun as she was shivering and the other kids went inside (well, when I could get them to stop staring). Lawrence went to get her dad as I didn’t have any contact numbers for her. (she’s back at school and doing well—not sure how long she was out as I was gone all the next week). I felt so helpless.