Friday, 30-1-09
Friday, January 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I have arrived in Accra at the Guesthouse and will leave tomorrow night for the States! It has been an amazing adventure, yet I am ready to return home. This past week was similar to the ones before with many ...
Sunday, 25/1/09
Sunday, January 25th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »I'm back at the internet cafe! My last post was tuesday so i'll try to remember what all happened since then! Wednesday we had clinic and Dr. Faile was gone (he sees about 70+ pt) so I wondered if we would ...
Tuesday, 20/1/09
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »I'm back at the internet cafe today. Monday was a busy clinic day with a few procedures in the late afternoon. Then Sarah and I were on call, we did our night rounds at 9pm and finished about 1030pm. We ...
Sunday, 18/1/09
Sunday, January 18th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »the internet at the school house does not work and hasn't worked since the last time i e-mailed/blogged. we are at the internet cafe in town where we pay about $1 per hour to use their computers on the internet. ...
Tuesday, 13-1-09
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Today we rounded like usual. Then I got in the operating room for the first time!!! Our first case was a 2 yr old boy who had a distended, tender belly and was taken back for an exploratory laparotomy. I ...
Pictures!
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »Road in front of the hospital. Hospital would be on your left out of the picture. Woman carrying sticks on her head. This was on our walk to TB village. A beautiful picture of the countryside while on our walk!
Monday, 12-1-09
Monday, January 12th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Today was a clinic day and I saw 25-30 pt on my own! Of course I had Dr. Faile nearby to ask several questions along the way. Several of my patients had Malaria, PUD (peptic ulcer disease/heartburn), Anemia, Pneumonia, and ...
Sunday, 11-1-09
Sunday, January 11th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »This morning we went to the 2nd Baptist Church here in Nilerigu. There are several churches in this small town, I think about 9 or so. When BMC (the hospital) first came they also built the 1st Baptist Church, so ...
Friday, 9-1-09
Friday, January 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »Yesterday was market day and my first in Africa! There have been a lot of "firsts" since coming to this new place and many more to come, I'm sure. I met the wife of Esa (manager of the guesthouse) at ...
Wednesday, 7-1-09
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »Today was another clinic day, but not as busy as Monday. Yesterday I did my first LP (lumbar puncture), a procedure where you put a needle into the spinal cord and collect fluid for analysis to determine if the patient ...