Brave Boy

This past Sunday evening James came down with a very high fever, diarrhea, and vomiting. Because the next day was Sabasaba (a Tanzanian national holiday) there was no medical care available.

On Tuesday we took James to Jaffery Charitable Medical Services, a clinic in Moshi. James was pretty dehydrated, so he had to have an IV to replace the fluids he lost. We returned for a followup on Wednesday, where he had another IV. Both of the following pictures were from Tuesday.

In addition to a total of 3 IVs, James had blood tests done. We want everyone to know he was a very brave boy and did not cry when they gave him the IV and took the blood sample. The doctors and staff took very good care of James and were genuinely concerned about his suffering.