Monday, September 24, 2018

Malaria Trial Day 2

Today was my second day of the malaria trial that I'll be doing for the next month and a half. This appointment was quite similar to the previous one, (you can get the full details from the first entry here).

More details: The study is being run out of the Walter Reid Army Institute of Research, or WRAIR for short. My wife's been working there for nearly two years in their Near-Peer Mentorship program and the research that goes along with it. I learned about the study from her networks there.

The medical facility is on an active army base, so there's security to go through and a lot of folks in full fatigues. You are required to have escorts throughout the buildings, a protocol instilled due to the military facility shooting that happened a few years back. It's a bit silly, seeing as the shooter was an active military employee and not a guest...anyway, what makes this interesting is that many of the doctors are military and therefore must wear their uniforms in the lab/clinic. It's an odd sight to see.

Not much more to report, really. I've got four more of these Mondays to go and next week I'm getting bit by the mosquitoes!

Today's Haiku
Crippling malaise
has me anchored to the couch
everything's heavy

Today's Workout
(Skipped due to nausea and rain)

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Glade from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)
***Check out the full catalog of pictures HERE***

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