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:: Mr. Holland's onus ::
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
My friend Tom has contracted a parasitic disease rare enough that it merits a write-up in the local paper.
Three students and a teacher at Kirkwood High School are being treated for a tropical disease, months after a spring-break trip to Costa Rica.
The four must undergo daily intravenous treatment for 20 days. People with the disease, called leishmaniasis, must take an investigational drug that is available only through the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to one man on the scene, the 90-minute treatment each day results in "bad diarrhea, an itchy face, and nightmares about flying trucks and people shooting him from rooftops."
Don't let fame go to your head, Tom. And get well soon.
Posted by morland @ 05:20 PM
:: Comments ::
I wrote a ten page paper about leishmaniasis in college. Not kidding.
Posted by: choistein on September 1, 2004 01:16 AM
I once used a paper I wrote in high school in college. It was about the syndrome of the jumping frenchmen of maine. a much cooler disease.
Posted by: the guy who lived in vail on September 1, 2004 04:14 PM
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