No, it's not a pregnancy test. This past week Tracy became ill~nausea, headaches, and chills~symptoms which can mean malaria. Because we had been in the bush in August we thought it a good idea to check for it using our handy-dandy, home malaria kit.We drew some blood after he pricked his finger with a small box that had a spring-loaded needle in it. The small amounts of blood we got were deposited in the lower circle with the "s" above it. The blood then seeps through the lining of the upper window. After fifteen minutes we read the results. The red horizontal line where the "c" is, lets us know that it is negative. If there were two lines, then he would have had malaria. Just thought you'd like to know what a malaria test kit looks like.
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So glad it's negative!
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