Random Things - Tuesday, May 25 to Thursday, May 27
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Tomorrow will be my last day in Nalerigu. This week is going by quickly. A few random things from the week. . . I’ve seen tetanus and it is not good. It is a horrible, painful way to die. Get vaccinated! On ...
All in a day - Monday, May 24
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »12:15AM - I’m laying in bed, listening to the noises of the night, wishing I could fall asleep when I hear a soft knock at the door. I roll out of bed and go to the door; I’m on call ...
Bolga and Back - Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23
Monday, May 24th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Saturday was the long awaited trip to Bolga to go shopping. After a rather sleepless night of call and early morning rounding it was time for a road trip. Bolga is a city northwest of Nalerigu, near the border with ...
Helpless - Saturday, May 22 (12:30 AM)
Friday, May 21st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »It was almost midnight as I walked into the hospital. I could hear the screams as I walked down the corridor to the women’s ward, a hot, cramped room in the middle of the hospital. She lay on the bed, ...
Rain - Thursday, May 20 and Friday, May 21
Friday, May 21st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Rain! Glorious, wet, cool water falling from the sky. The past three days it has rained in the afternoons and evenings, soaking the ground and leaving puddles in the morning. It was cloudy all day today and definitely cooler. The ...
DEET - Tuesday, May 18 and Wednesday, May 19
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »I am constantly covered in chemicals of some sort. The day starts with a heavy layer of SPF 50 and ends with a shower of DEET. Since we’ve had a few rain showers this week mosquitoes are becoming more common. ...
Translation - Monday, May 17
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »There is no polite Midwestern sense of personal space here. In the hospital patients are in wards -- nine or ten patients and their family members in a large room. Two or three feet tops separate the beds. At night ...
To the Mountain - Sunday, May 16
Sunday, May 16th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Sunday at BMC was quiet. Rounding was uneventful, there weren’t even any procedures to do. I was home by 9:30, read for awhile, ate lunch, did some writing. Nothing very exciting. The plan for the afternoon was to walk to ...
Night and Day - Friday, May 14 and Saturday May 15
Saturday, May 15th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Friday started pleasantly. I was cheerful, the hospital wasn’t that full, clinic started a half hour early. Our clinic ran smoothly and by 3:30 there were no more patients to be seen. I went through the wards ...
Going out and Walking - Wednesday, May 12 and Thursday, May 13
Friday, May 14th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Thursday, May 13 - Walking After procedures are done, the afternoons can be long. We wonder from room to room in the guesthouse, sit on the porch, go to the schoolhouse, all in an effort to find someplace cool and comfortable ...