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wow this past week was honestly probably the worst week ive ever had in the mission. so last monday night i started feeling a little bit sick and so i went to bed a little earlier thinking that i would be able to sleep it off. well i woke up tuesday morning feeling like death so i just slept the whole day thinking that it would be gone wednesday morning but it was still there on wednesday! so i called the mission doctor to ask him what i should do. He told me that i might have this virus thats been being spread by mosquitoes called the dengue which is deadly and can kill you. he told me to come into the capital where he was at so that they could do some blood tests to see if thats what i had. well they figured out that yes, i have the dengue. some symptoms of the dengue are huge headaches, nausea, vomiting, tiredness, no energy, super light headedness, no appetite, and skin rash. basically you just feel like you want to die. so i stayed in the capital wednesday, thursday, and friday so that they could make sure they knew what was happening in case my condition worsened. the thing with dengue is that your plate levels get depleted because this virus somehow gets rid of them and it gets dangerous when your plate levels get far down. well there is no medication or cure and the only thing they tell you to do is drink a lot of liquids and your body should pull through it after about a week. im still not doing really good but i am a lot better than i was! one of the worst experiences during the week was on friday! we went to the hospital so i could get my blood taken again so that they could see if ive been getting better or worse but the nurse that took my blood was TERRIBLE!!! she had no clue what she was doing. so i was already feeling like crap and she ties the band around my arm so that she could see a vain in my arm to stick the needle. well she decides to just stick the needle in my arm without making sure that she had a for sure vain. then when no blood came out, she took out the first one and put in a second one, but still no blood came out, then she stuck in a third one and started wiggling the needle around my arm to see if she could get any blood. well she finally did get some but i ended up puking in their trash can and almost passing out on the floor. i haven't really eaten this week at all so i am super skinny again and i feel like a skeleton. that was my story for the worst week in the mission. and im positive that that will be the worst and last week i have like that. anyways i hope everyone is loving clean united states with your couches and air conditioning!  love you guys!

Love,

Elder Herring