Week 2 Done

Hello everyone! This blog is going to be a little shorter since I haven't had much time today to sit down at the computer...even though it's the only time of the week that I have internet availability. We have finished the second week of the "bocatoma" project and all seems to be going well. We are a little behind due to some materials not showing up on time, but we are making up ground. According to the foreman of the project he thinks we will finish with some time to spare...let's pray for that!

I had quite the week...last Saturday morning around 3 Am I woke up with a fever and pain all over. It quickly got worse and I had chills and sweats...I had gotten some sort of bacteria from something I ate at a very popular restuarant...called Tony Roma's. Don't worry, I won't be going back there again. Unfortunately the bacteria then gave me some other unwanted to side affects that caused me to get dehydrated. On Monday I could hardly move and was in quite a bit of stomach pain...so I was taken to the local clinic in Lunahuana. It's the clinic where the locals go to get health care. While I was a bit nervous about the state of the facilities and the cleanliness, the nurses did a good job taking care of me and keeping the IV going. I was there for 8 hours after getting two IVS and some medications. All in all I felt better and I'm still recuperating now. My energy seems to be back at normal levels. Not bad for a $12 trip to the emergency room; including IV and prescription medications!

I leave you with a picture of the past week that shows some of the progress we made. If you'd like to see more, please check out my picasaweb. http://picasaweb.google.com/jon.heisterkamp.