Contrary to popular belief, I do not drink often here. However, as it was a party, and many had attended, I took the opportunity to drink more than usual. So returning after the party (via a tej house and watching Manu v Sunderland) at about 11:30pm, I went to bed fully clothed. I think I have set the scene and situation clearly.
I was woken about an hour later with Crissy knocking on the window. "We have an emergency!". "Vicky has stood on a scorpion." Confused, I fumbled for the door key where I preceded to stand in front of Crissy, stating "I'm smashed" (or words to that effect), while she tried to elicit a coherent response from me for advice. Giving up, she told me to return to bed while she searched for a driver. Meanwhile, I forced myself to focus and went to see the patient.
Thankfully within a few minutes, Crissy returned with the Dean and a driver. As it is common here and not fatal, he felt it unnecessary to visit the hospital but he decided to follow my drunken insistence to be on the safe side. Not sure what I expected, but as we arrive at a dark, empty hospital, I decide to bang on all doors in an attempt to find a doctor.
A small hatch opened where we had to register Vicky for 5 Birr. (Good job I still had my party clothes on). The receptionist then provided a receipt – not until she and us had to go to the next hatch along. While we wait the power goes off but it is not long before the on-call doctor is summoned from his dorm. Like the dean, he is not worried but agrees to inject a local anaesthetic and prescribes ibuprofen.
Whether it was the needle, the tej or just the sheer excitement but this was shortly followed by me vomiting up in the grounds outside. Little did I know that I would return on Tuesday to fix their computer – I hope they did not recognise me. The following morning, she felt better and we saw she had actually been stung 6 times. Think I'll wear flip flops around the house from now on.
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1 comment:
Hmmm... You were obviously a very bad boy scout! Remember the rules: Be prepared at all times, wash you woggle throughtly, and never get p**sed when there are scorpians about![There's also a bit of dib dib dib but I was never sure what that meant}
There you were, incapable of helping a damsel in distress...hang your head in shame Andrew Woodcock.
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