#5 Kanesa Part II

So it is Thursday night and he is still sick. He throws everything up. Sometimes he can get some water down but most of the time he is throwing up more than he takes in. Tomorrow we are going to give him some medicine that the Ethiopian nurse gave us. The medicine - which is supposed to be taken orally - will stop the vomiting. If he throws that up we have it in injection form. He is so skinny I told Philipa that we will have to put it in his butt because his arm is so small. If he is in really bad shape after the injection we are going to take him to the clinic and have an IV put in. If he is doing better tomorrow after the injection the nurse will bring an IV with her on Saturday morning. Hospitals are different here than in America…I would never send a child to one without knowing the doctor very well.