Ashley Shira’s Blog

Day Twenty-six and Day Twenty-seven

Day Twenty-six

Today there was no way I was going to the hospital…I felt horrible when I woke up….headache, body aches, abdominal cramps!! Not fun!! I was pretty miserable.  Kim and I stayed in the bed until 11:30am when Vida insisted we get up, eat some soup, and take our medicine.  She said she would be less concerned about us if she saw us up walking around.  We did as she asked and felt a little better after lunch.  Tina, David, and Dr. Akosua all came by to check on us during the day.  The water truck finally came around 1pm and we were able to shower which made us both feel better.  Izzi and Adam made chicken pitas for dinner which were very good.  At dinner we learned that Adam, Leigh Ann, and ChiChi had spent their day at La General Hospital scrubbing into surgeries.  It’s good that Manna is helping to find things for all of us to do. We spent the rest of the night just exchanging stories and laughing a lot! Just as I went into our bedroom and shut the door for the night, there was a loud crash and screaming from the living room.  The ceiling fan had fallen out of the ceiling and almost hit ChiChi.  With everyone safe, we all headed to bed.

Day Twenty-seven

We are feeling much better today! When we got to the hospital today, Adam, ChiChi, and Leigh Ann headed off to La General again while Izzi went to antenatal and Andrew and Mike shadowed Dr. Akosua.  We were told to spend the day in the office finishing up and getting ready for our presentations.  I think they wanted us to rest and recover one more day. It was a good day to be sitting in the office because it is Dr. Ablorh’s birthday.  Some of the children from the mission academy came in and sand Happy Birthday to him.  They were so cute! At lunch time we had a surprise birthday party for him.  It was a lot of fun…we had pizza, minerals (the word here for soda), and cake.  After the party it was time for the doctors’ meeting and our presentations.  The gang from La General got back just in time for our presentations.  I presented malaria and Kim presented typhoid fever.  They both went very well.  When the meeting was over we all headed back to the mission house. Andrew decided he wanted his head shaved so Mike got out some electric clippers and went to work.  With three-quarters finished, the clippers started to spark and shorted out….apparently the power adapter/converter they were using wasn’t very good.  Adam finished the job with scissors and a razor donated by Leigh Ann.  When they were done we headed out for Coco Beach Hotel.  Izzi, Andrew, Adam and I paid to swim and the others just sat by the pool. We walked on the beach a little, but we only got a short distance before someone tried to charge us to walk any farther.  We turned around and headed back to the hotel.  Adam, ChiChi, and I decided to throw the football and eventually Kim, Andrew, and Leigh Ann joined in.  I always enjoy throwing a ball around and chatting….and this time was no different. We stopped when we noticed we were missing a gorgeous sunset.  It was the most beautiful sunset I have ever seen! (unfortunately the pics are on the large memory card that the computer won’t read!) We spent the next 20 minutes just watching it and taking pictures.  After the sun went down we decided to eat dinner.  As usual it was very good and we had a great time continuing to get to know each other.  We got home around 9:30pm.  I took my journal and IPOD into the dining room, but ended up sitting and talking to Adam for about half an hour instead of journaling.  I have really enjoyed having other people in the house to get to know.  After that it was time for bed!!