Yesterday morning, Carla fainted during breakfast and I spent all day beside here making sure that it was just a heat stroke and not something else. At the same time, she was having stomach issues so that had me worried too. I was going to fetch a doctor at a first sign of something weird happening to her. Between all my first aid courses, House and Greys Anatomy episodes, and the internet, I felt I would be able to nurse Carla back to health or know when it is time to call a doctor.
In the evening, I went to get us some grub, especially the electrolyte replenishing kind. It was, again, so hot out there, plus I had to keep telling tuk tuk drivers to sod off as they kept offering rides. It was a good thing that I was wearing trainers or my feet would have been really muddy by the end. I think that they have not caught on on the benefits of building sidewalks.
At the store, I loaded up on an electrolyte drink, yoghurt, bananas, chips, pineapple; pretty much all the things with the required electrolytes. The store carried a lot of western food so that helped the situation.
Carla is feeling better today. Not 100% but better than yesterday. We will try and take it easy today. Not as easy as yesterday, as we pretty much spent the whole day in our hotel room, but that was necessary.
In case you were wondering why I was using so many British words in this post (bloody, grub, trainers...) there are two reasons. First, I have just finished reading a third book written by a British author, so that vocabulary is still stuck in my head. Second, I am 'Australianising' my vocabulary, to better fit in once we move there. :-)
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