Feb 25th
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Ankaase Ghana | No Comments »Well, today was the day of tourism fun! We got up early, so we could be at Kakum National Forest right when it opened at 8am. We figured we'd get a taxi, it'd cost us like 10 Ghana Cedi, and ...
Feb 24th, 25th
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Ankaase Ghana | No Comments »Well, for those of you keeping tabs, we are in Cape Coast, and have been since last night. They have an "internet cafe" here (translation: bare room with a couple computers and a fan), so we're taking the opportunity to ...
Feb 22nd
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 Posted in Ankaase Ghana | No Comments »Oh, another day of memories. Morbidity and Mortality was quite lively, maybe because all of the prescribers were there to give their input. 'All' includes the two Cuban doctors, which is no small feat to get them to show up, ...
Feb 21st
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 Posted in Ankaase Ghana | No Comments »The kindness and generosity of the people here was shown to us tenfold today. We had been talking to Phillip (the hospital administrator) yesterday, and told him that this was our last week. Well, we are sitting in devotionals this ...
Feb 20th
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 Posted in Ankaase Ghana | No Comments »I got up early this morning to do my Bible study, since I haven't done it for like a week or so, and re-discovered what an amazing way that is to start the day! You think I'd know that by ...
Feb 19th
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 Posted in Ankaase Ghana | No Comments »My patients are all still alive, praise the Lord! I rounded with the other Cuban doctor today, and my opinion of him slightly improved as well. Maybe part of it is that I'm rounding on the adults now, so I ...
Feb 18th
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 Posted in Ankaase Ghana | No Comments »I have to admit, I actually came away from rounds with one of the Cuban doctors harboring just the ever-so-slightest bit of respect for his medical knowledge. I was asking him a lot more questions today (I've learned to be ...
Feb 17th
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 Posted in Ankaase Ghana | No Comments »Today was our last church service, since we'll be headed into Kumasi next Sunday morning. There was a funeral last week, so almost everyone at church was dressed very traditionally in black and white fabric. I am totally intrigued by ...
Feb 16th
Sunday, February 17th, 2008 Posted in Ankaase Ghana | 1 Comment »So today's Saturday, and we got up early so we could go into the cultural center in Kumasi with Erica, to do some perusal and general souviners-type shopping. We got a LOT of great stuff, and I finally got my ...
Feb 15th
Sunday, February 17th, 2008 Posted in Ankaase Ghana | No Comments »Happy Birthday Rachel!! We experienced another Morbidity and Mortality meeting today. One of the patients talked about was one of my patients, a 98 year old man who had pneumonia and renal failure with high potassium levels. He ended up dying ...