Friday October 29th
Today has been dominated by caring for some very sick people A young man of around 20 was admitted early this morning with severe tetanus and Im afraid the outlook for him is not that good. The medical wards do seem to have become much busier over the last few days. I do feel more confident managing the varied problems we are seeing notably typhoid and severe malaria compared to a week ago.
One of the amazing things about being here has been the internet and phone links I hadn’t expected everything to work so well because we are in a very mountainous area and I had expected that to cause more problems.
Despite eating large quantiites of local food such as Matoke(mashed green bananas) Beans Sweet Potatoes Peanut sauce ect I seem to be losing weight which seems hard to believe but Im not exactly wasting away!
Some happy new Mums
Fascinating to read this blog, Simon.
ReplyDeleteHope you are enjoying the experience - make sure you keep your calorie intake up though 'cos you've still got a while before you come back to Mrs Eyre's fine baking!
May God bless you as you continue in His strength. Love Janet (and Clem)