Ash and Small Bear go on an adventure!

It’s been a bit of a rough week for my immune system, which I probably should have expected, working in a very foreign clinic… but I bet I’m the only person you know who’s ever had a cold, head lice, and amoebic dysentery at the same time!

On the bright side, (much easier to see now that I feel healthy again) I think the diseases worked to cancel each other out – I spent the week drinking so much water and tea to rehydrate from the work of my little amoeba friends that the cold ran off in fear. And, since there’s a lab at the clinic, it took about five minutes for them to figure out exactly which bug illegaly resided in my intestines and to prescribe me (amazingly cheap!) medication. Evil entemobea army, your days are numbered. They are numbered 9, in fact. The head lice, which every kid at Shanti carries around, gave me life’s most perfect excuse for a haircut, so this morning I sauntered over to the local barber shop and asked them to shave it all off.

About 20 times. And then we played charades. 

It’s remarkably difficult for a girl to ask for a head shave in Nepal, but man does the breeze feel good!