Hey, all you warm-blooded humans living in northern Wisconsin,
you aren't the only ones sick and tired of winter. I know, we have been hearing
it for months now - snow in the forecast. Again! And it's April! But like I
said, you are not the only ones who are complaining. How do you think we
mosquitoes feel? We just want to get out there and start stealing your blood.
The great thing about that is not only do we steal, we share too. I know, I
know, you people in middle America don't have much to worry about. Maybe a West
Nile infection once in a while. My relatives living in third world countries
are the ones you need to really watch out for. They get to spread lots of
diseases, the most notorious being malaria. That's the big claim to fame us mosquitos
have. Nothing like spreading that disease amongst children and the elderly in
those countries that don't have any way to treat this disease. Yep, those mosquitoes
in places like Kenya have got it made. They are famous!
Hold it,
hold it, you nasty little mosquito! I am going to Kenya in just over a week and
I don’t need you threatening all of those innocent people I am going there to
help. So just give it a rest.
Don’t we wish that mosquitoes would give it a rest,
and stop spreading diseases like malaria. But they won’t. The best thing we can
do is support an organization like Compassion International in their efforts to
prevent the spread of this disease which claims the lives of thousands of
children each year. To learn more about what you can do, click here.
And as I head off to Kenya the fifth of May, I will
be loaded up with my anti-malaria pills. I just wish I had enough pills to
share with the whole country.
