The Mystery is solved, temporarily...

So, here is the shocker... The doc here thinks that I have Lyme Disease, of all things. After the return of the bite and swelling, we thought it prudent to go to the doctor. So, after much help from a lab-friend, Arne, I headed downtown to my doctor's appointment. After a brief wait, the doc came in, took one glance at my bite, and said that he thought I had burreloise. Then, he asked a bunch of questions and had someone else come in and consult. They both agreed that I indeed had this "burreloise" given to me by "zeckenbissfieber." Neither knew how to translate this - but drew my blood and sent me away with a prescription for antibiotics. Another round of difficulty in translating arose at the pharmacist -- she was trying to describe drug interactions and I was trying to understand. It was a far clearer in Germany than when Dustin had medical issues in Zanzibar, but still the nuances were missing... And I still did not know what I had!

I headed to Dustin's office with a bunch of German words written in my notebook. After a bit of google-translate, we figured out that burreloise means Lyme Disease. Great. I have a follow-up appointment on Monday before we leave for France. In the meantime, I am pretty zonked and taking lots of meds. Hopefully, we have nipped this thing in the bud! Good thing that we have the internet...