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| ’Insect bite’ keeps Castro in bed |
| 2002-12-26 |
| Cuban President Fidel Castro says an infection from an insect bite has kept him off the public eye for week. In a letter published on the front page of Cuba's state-run newspapers, the 76-year-old leader reassured Cubans he was well and recovering. "I am well, dear compatriots, and I feel more optimistic than ever about the future of the revolution," Mr Castro said. Last Saturday, due to the illness, the Cuban leader missed the opening session of Cuba's National Assembly for the first time in 25 years. Mr Castro said he had developed lymphangitis - the spread of bacteria to the bloodstream that can be life-threatening - from a staphylococcal infection of the skin of his left leg. "The lesion finally became the beginnings of lymphangitis, but rest and medication have reduced it almost to zero," he said."The three or four days that they [the doctors] promised me have extended to more than a week," he said, before adding that he had to take good care of the left leg with which he had taken "the best steps" of his life. Then he vowed: "I have sworn never to scratch a bite again." I'm hoping this turns into one of those flesh eating staph infections. Sigh, it most likely won't. This old bastard just won't die until they drive a stake through his heart. |
| Posted by:Steve |