Praise God I'm Feeling Better

Hello everyone,
first of all, you can stop worrying. i'm not dead or dying. :) Yeah, i was feeling really really poorly for a few days there, but thanks to modern medicine (as modern as it gets in Cochabamba, Bolivia that is) and the power of prayer, i am feeling better today. here's a quick run down of what i've been going through:
Saturday: i had a sore throat, not a big deal since it's dry and dusty here all the time
Sunday: the sore throat didn't go away. asked Sandra (who runs the clinic for the boys at the BLC) for amoxicillin which i started taking.
Monday: still sore in the throat and i was starting to feel kinda weak. i assumed i was just running myself too hard.
Tuesday: woke up with a ringing in my right ear restricting my hearing a lot. I got up for the host meeting at 7 am and went back to bed at 8 am. only got out of bed to take a shower mid morning and to get some crackers and tea in the afternoon. i missed the classical concert that night. :(
Wednesday: woke up with same ringing, sore throat, muscle aches, nausea and headache as day before. decided to head into Cochabamaba (a 45 minute drive) to visit the emergency room (bolivia's version of a walk in clinic... don't worry mom!) the doctor specializing in ear nose and throat wasn't in until that evening, so arturo *an amazing bolivian by the way* walked with me to a doctor's office a block and a half away. Dra. Espinoza looked me over determined that i had a sore throat and an infected ear (i was very tempted to say DUH to that) and put me on a higher dose of amoxicillin with another stronger antibiotic mixed in. they also took blood to do tests. after i struggled to eat five crackers and a juice box, i took my first horse pill. i don't normally have issues with pills, but these i have to break in two. ugh! then we walked back to the doctora who told me that my blood test came back with almost twice as many leukocytes as i should have. that means my body made a lot of white blood cells to fight my infection (a new one... not the one causing my ear and throat issues). it was also positive for something that i didn't understand. my spanish is pretty good, but when they get into medical terms i'm lost. so arturo took me next door to the farmacia again to get the new meds. a stronger antibiotic which must be administer intramuscular (aka in the rear). i had six vials of medicine and i got a shot of two mixed together every day from wednesday until today. :( not too painful but not pleasant either. i got home from the doctor's office around 1 and slept until around nine when i had dinner. oh, by the way, i'm on a white diet (rough translation meaning i can only eat potatoes, rice, chicken and soup). so after a nice hot bowl of amazing chicken soup (not sarcastic, just bitter that i didn't get to enjoy it enough) i went back to bed.
Thursday: not much change yet. lethargic all day. arturo took me to a clinic for my dreaded shot. spent an hour or so outside while the team was at sidewalk sunday school, but wasn't really in the mood to do much. went to the pizza party at night (alas, no pizza) and went to bed at a decent hour.
Friday: woke up today feeling better. decided to go with the team into town to the Christ statue, saltenas (which i DID eat) and the market. i spent the day moving slowly and feeling pretty decent. we're now at the airport dropping off our last team for the summer and i feel pretty stinkin good.
so, that's been my week. thanks for everyone's prayers. i've definitely felt them. Xochi (a girl on this team) reminded me that with all the spiritual warfare that's been going on around here, it's not surprising that i was attacked with this. but i can't let it get me down. i truly believe that more than the antibiotics, it was the church here in cochabamba praying, my friends and family praying and the team here praying that made it possible for me to heal so quickly. it's gonna be a few days before i can have another soda or eat normal food, but i think that's a sacrifice i'm willing and ready to make. God has done amazing things this week through the team despite my sickness and i praise Him for it.
We come home in ten days, and i'm excited and sad at the same time. i have a week before school starts, and i plan to do as much as i can in that week. that includes sleeping though, so dont start booking up all my time! :)
i love you all and will talk to you soon!
adam/geuder/tio azul