In the last couple of months Trixy has been letting me sit in on her consultations. It always fascinates me seeing how easily she goes through the assessments, how she figures out what’s wrong, and seems to always have an answer for the complaints. She’s been encouraging me to do the assessments also, but I stumble through, not knowing what is applicable and what is not. Despite the challenge of it it’s still an awesome experience and I feel like I’m learning a lot.
In the beginning of February we had our first rain of the season. I had been sitting in the clinic enjoying the downpour when I heard that the hospital roof had come off. Later I found out that it was only leaking (leaking majorly) and the top floor had about 2 or more inches of water flowing through out the building. So, basically whoever wasn’t needed at the clinic came up to squeegee, sweep, or bucket water out of the hospital. After about an hour or so we had it fairly cleared out, but all the beds were soaked and the hospital was in an upheaval.
That same day I had started feeling sick so by the time we had finished with the hospital I wanted to just collapse. I made it through the rest of the day, but the next day I was dragging pretty bad. I had two more day of work and only Moriah was ‘free’ to work for me. The problem with that was that she was also work nights so she would be on for 34 hrs. I was out for the next 4 or so days with fevers, headaches, chills, vomiting, you name it I had it. I was afraid it was malaria or typhoid but both of those tests came out negative so I guess it was just the flu. Moriah was a great nurse she got me all my drugs, made me meals, and kept me entertained. I REALLY appreciate all the help she did for me (she’s basically the best friend and the best room mate!).
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