Archive for January, 2010

food

Sunday, January 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

have i talked about the food out here...yes i have!!! the bread is the best. when you have fruit and vegetables you appreciate where it is from. and yesterday and today i had plantains!! i love plantains!!! I mean i ...

having fun

Sunday, January 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

so last night i was on call. not too bad. we did a csxn on a lady who had cpd. cephalic-pelvic disorder. basically the baby's head is too big to be delivered vaginally. today started off with rounds and then ...

O pos

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

so for anyone who knows me...i am absolutely scared of needles on myself. I have never donated blood because usually i was anemic...but mostly i was scared. yes...my weakness as a doctor....needles that go into me!!! Well, I had a ...

twins…awesome!!!

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

so today i was on call and it was an awesome night in the ward. Tonight I delivered twins!!! so during night rounds, the midwife pointed out to me that the belly of the mom seemed tense. went to do ...

slaves,crocs, food

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

ok finally...the weekend saturday: so this was the day of the great outing. jen, micah, laila and kim and I went out with yisahuku to pauga and bolga. the jouney is a good 2hr drive because of the bumpy roads pauga: first ...

better

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

so i am doing much better now. after talking it out and researching...there wasn't much else i can do. i had a good talk with my staff. they were so amazing and tried to find the drugs we needed and ...

exhausted

Monday, January 25th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

there is so much going on and it leaves me exhausted that i eat, drink and then collapse in the bed. i'll start with today and work backwards. monday: today really started with last night. I was in the operating room until ...

long days

Sunday, January 24th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I am fine. long days. i have so much to write but it will have to wait until i get some sleep. it is 1am out here and i just finished a csxn and stabilizing an eclamptic pt. so i ...

bread

Friday, January 22nd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

the day started off with rounds and then clinic. i know that most of my stories talk about death, but that is very real out here. Today a mother delivered twins on her way to the hospital. There must have been ...

my first c-sxn

Thursday, January 21st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

so as you all know, i have done plenty of c-sxns, but usually I am first assist. Today I did my first c-sxn on my own!!! It was awesome!!!! I love surgery and I love ob/gyn. The surgery went great!!!!. ...