Sick

On the way back from Agra on Saturday, I started feeling a tickle in my throat. By the time I got back to the hotel & had a shower, it was after midnight. It was at this point, that I realized two things:

1. The air conditioning wasn't working (again), and
2. I was getting sick

I took some vitamins, and hoped that a good night's sleep would stave off serious infection. Unfortunately, I barely got any sleep all night, and by morning, I felt terrible - I had a fever, runny nose, cough, and lack of appetite. After getting some water (which I had become fairly desperate for) and some food, I still wasn't feeling better. So I called Pratima's father, who put me on with his brother, who is a MD. After describing my symptoms, he sent over some prescriptions for some antibiotics, which one of the employees at the hotel got filled for me.

I spent the whole day trying to get some sleep, and waiting for the A/C to get fixed. One impressive thing about India - the place doesn't really stop. Even on a Sunday, the pharmacy was open, and the A/C repair guy was working. I'm pretty thankful for that. By about 5:00 PM it was finally less than 30 degrees C in my room, and I was able to take a nap.

I pretty much spent the next two days alternating between napping and resting, as I tried to recover from this bout of what I think was bronchitis. And that was basically the end of the India trip - I wasn't up to going to Jaipur, nor seeing any other sights in Delhi.

Luckily, by the time I was scheduled to leave, I was feeling well enough to make my flight to Dubai.

-Andy