Infections and Fevers

He has the beginning of a sore throat. It has been regular now after starting school. He catches an infection and then after a course of anti biotic he is fit and ready to go and a week later he is infected again. The problem is that these infections are so bad that it just wears him out. Watching him struggle kills me. We may go off home next week. The weather is colder and better there now so it might do him good.

Here it is unimaginably hot outside and then the moment you step it, it is cool and nice, but I think that takes a toll on people, these sudden shifts in temperatures. I don’t switch on the AC at all these days, but it is much cooler inside besides in the bus and at school he is exposed to these sudden shifts so there is very little I can do about it. There is only so much you can do to protect them from the elements.

The war goes on and the terrible and unnecessary deaths continue unabated. Every one wants it to end but each one has a list of conditions, so no one is able to reach any common point. After a certain point the deaths become a statistic and ego takes over. People end up arguing, “ You started it.” “ No, you did.” And no solution is reached. Talk to the Arabs and they have their arguments, historical and otherwise. Talk to others and they have theirs. I wonder what the victims, especially the dead ones think about the whole mess. Would they have thought it was worth dying for?