I’m sick with a cold, or the flu. All of my host brothers have been sick with the same illness the past week or so, but somehow my host mom is convinced that I got sick because I take showers in the morning! We even watched a news story on tv about how many people have the flu in Paraguay right now, but that’s not how I got it!
On a lighter note, I saw the craziest thing I’ve seen so far in Paraguay. Most of the kids on my street have pink eye right now, and for some reason they’ve all been coming over to my house to get treated. I never thought much of it when my host mom would put a spoonful of something into the kid’s eye. Well today, when I was home for lunch, it was discovered that my 4 year old host brother caught pink eye. So as we are sitting outside on the patio, my host mom grabs the 4 year old, lays him on her lap, and proceeded to squirt her breast milk into his eye!!! Wow!!! She said they only use natural remedies in Paraguay, and that’s the cure for pink eye.
My biggest concern right now is that I’m going to catch pink eye. I think I may have nightmares about my host mom chasing me down to squirt breast milk in my eye!
That’s all for now!
Yours Truly, Julie G
YoursTrulyJulieG 
I hope you feel better. By the way, I think I’m catching pink eye……….
That is really funny about the breast
milk, if It works go with it! How does she have breast milk, does she still have a baby around? Julie, if u have fever u have to check with a doctor,definitely!!! Let us know how u r progressing health wise. Love u a lot, Honey
Hi Honey! Yes, my host mom has an 8 month old that she is still breast feeding. I am still sick and I saw the doctor yesterday. I had the flu last week and now I have a sinus infection… taking antibiotics now. Not fun! I hope i start feeling better soon. Miss you!