feeling sick, getting better

Hey friends -

I have a huge praise! I have been sick since September when I caught that dumb bug drinking leben at my neighbors’ house. At the time the doctor diagnosed me with really bad food poisoning and gave me an antibiotic for that, which helped. She said at the time that it may be something more serious, but since that would require a really strong antibiotic she preferred to see if the first one would take care of the problem before running tests to see if I had picked up a parasite. Anyway, that first round of antibiotics helped tons and I was able to go back to work and a semblance of normal life. I'm not much of a complainer about pain so haven't really been talking about the fact that I've still been sick (plus didn't want to worry you all since you can't do anything from there). But I have been having very frequent bouts with diarrhea, nausea and a fever. I was really sick for 3 of the days my friend Kim was here (2 weeks ago), and then was sick again a couple of days last week, so I got to the point where I am ready to admit this isn't going away and I need to get it taken care of before I come home this summer. I went to the doctor on Friday and then to the lab to have some tests done. Turns out I have some type of amoeba (parasite?) and so I started a really strong round of antibiotics on Saturday. Sunday I was still feeling lousy with a fever & stomach problems, but yesterday I started feeling much better than I have felt in months! I didn't realize how lousy I was feeling. I take this stuff (Flagyl) for 7 days and then see if any symptoms re-occur. I may need two rounds of the stuff to kill off whatever has been growing inside me for the last 7 months! So please pray that this stuff keeps working & I can finally get completely back to normal health-wise.

THANKS!
Miss you guys!