Karen Kraft was finally diagnosed with typhoid. she’s been sick for a week or so. Sara Beckner was also sick for a bit, then she got better and has been caring for Karen. Mark, Sara’s partner, has been great in caring for them both.

there has been a bit of an outbreak of typhoid in ubud. 3 people at bumi sehat are down, one even had cerebral edema from the typhoid. 2 people from idep (another ngo) are also down. one was the guy i worked with in aceh after the tsunami, ade.

most people have been hit pertty hard, except ibu robin lim – the director of bumi sehat – she’s been getting treated every day (usually she’s harder to coral the a scared chicken. and you know my chicken stories…), but i guess she was weakened by the typhoid and couldn’t run as fast as usual.