so many things…
Friday, October 24th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »I can't believe that today is my last day at Mseleni Hospital. I have had so many experiences and patients that I meant to write about, but time was limited and internet connection has been lousy this week. Although I ...
rain
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »Well, I was just coming to the doctors' office to spend some quality time blogging, when one of the doctors asked me if I could walk someone back to the Fredlunds' house. The man who was delivering nebulizers to our ...
Swimming with dolphins
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »On Sunday as we were eating breakfast, one of the guys that worked at the camp told us that several other guests wanted to go on an "ocean safari" but they needed a few more people to have a big ...
Mozambique
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »This weekend 7 of us took a getaway to the beautiful Mozambique coast. We had to leave at 4:00p.m. from work in order to reach the South Africa-Mozambique border before it closed at 5:00. We cruised at high speeds along ...
walkie talkies
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »Not much is wasted here in the way of food. ALL parts of the chickens are sold and eaten. In some places, the chicken head and feet are bagged together and sold as "walkie talkies"!!
E tick
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »At Mseleni, the code for "HIV positive" in all of the charts is the letter "E" with a check mark following it. The South Africans and Brits call check marks "ticks" so they describe HIV patients as "E tick." No ...