More than half the group is suffering from fairly bad altitude sickness: dizzy and lightheaded, short of breath, pounding heart, crazy dreams, and in some cases, near fainting spells and dramatically lowered blood pressure.
WFP is traveling with oxygen tanks, which we´ve had to use on three people so far - acting as a miracle drug... when a bout hits, the color drains from their skin in such a dramatic way. And when the oxygen is administered, it´s as though the pigment is being poured back in, drop by drop.
Because the villages that we´ve been visiting are so dramatically hight, only four will be spending the night. We´ve appointed a WFP staffer, and several oxygen tanks to stay up in the villages with them. And because so many are feeling ill, I will be returning with them to Ayacucho this evening. A disappointment, but life is long...
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