It is late, I am tired, but there is so much to tell. First off, it was cold last night. Everyone complained this morning and so I got hospital bath blankets and put on everyone's bed! After morning devotions, Ajak was giving a report and he could not speak well. He blamed it on the cold and someone gave him a towel to wrap around this shoulders. Yeesh, these people don't know what cold is. Ajak gave us an update on Madange, his friend whose sister was killed. Also her grandson was kidnapped. Such a tragedy.
The hospital waiting area was full for clinic. Mondays are the same in South Sudan as they are at Lakeland. Very busy. There was only one surgery scheduled.. "The Team" was involved in that. I took care of outpatients and looked in on the few inpatients that we had. I also cleaned the nurse's station. Quite a job. I prepped the patient for surgery. Just after she went in, the container arrived!!! When it rains, it pours. So many exciting things simultaneously. All the guys ran outside, leaving the patients inside. It was hilarious.
When we were emptying the container, I took a bag of tostito chips and a bottle salsa. After lunch (beans and rice) I signalled to Aaron, we went into my tukel and chowed down chips and salsa. WooWoo. I felt so secretive. We were crackin' up with our gluttony. God forgive us. Then my stomach hurt. Serves me right.
Worked at the hospital in the afternoon. Doing patient care - outpatient and inpatient. I was walking to the hospital in the late afternoon and was so intrigued by the amount of different typed of birds sitting on the fence singing and yelling at me. How strange I was talking to them. Arron was near and I said how strange this was, they are greeting me. He said "No, they are telling you about gor, who is sitting over there". He pointed about 10 feet away and sure enough, a big ol' snake was hanging out. Gor is the name of the type of snake that was slithering around. It was a nice thought that the birds were singing and talking to me. There you go, Wayne. Sorry no picture. After checking patients, I went and cooked dinner. Mary the cook watched me. I made spaghetti (with macaroni noodles) the marinara had chicken. Mary made the bread. And we had fruit cocktail. I love it when the container comes in!!! The container had lots of food in it. It was donated by Tim Williams of PCC. Thank you, Tim. My stomach thanks you.
Team Rubicon is who the container is from. They had it loaded with medical supplies. I am so grateful. When I prepped the girl for surgery today, I had to use a 22 gauge IV because we were all out of 20 gauge needles., It was just overwhelming to see all the stuff that came out of that container for us. I can't believe it. I just don't know how to thank these guys. Tomorrow I will start to go through the stuff. It is like Christmas.
Life is good. The dinner was good, I am full, I am tired. I will talk to you tomorrow.
C
The hospital waiting area was full for clinic. Mondays are the same in South Sudan as they are at Lakeland. Very busy. There was only one surgery scheduled.. "The Team" was involved in that. I took care of outpatients and looked in on the few inpatients that we had. I also cleaned the nurse's station. Quite a job. I prepped the patient for surgery. Just after she went in, the container arrived!!! When it rains, it pours. So many exciting things simultaneously. All the guys ran outside, leaving the patients inside. It was hilarious.
When we were emptying the container, I took a bag of tostito chips and a bottle salsa. After lunch (beans and rice) I signalled to Aaron, we went into my tukel and chowed down chips and salsa. WooWoo. I felt so secretive. We were crackin' up with our gluttony. God forgive us. Then my stomach hurt. Serves me right.
Worked at the hospital in the afternoon. Doing patient care - outpatient and inpatient. I was walking to the hospital in the late afternoon and was so intrigued by the amount of different typed of birds sitting on the fence singing and yelling at me. How strange I was talking to them. Arron was near and I said how strange this was, they are greeting me. He said "No, they are telling you about gor, who is sitting over there". He pointed about 10 feet away and sure enough, a big ol' snake was hanging out. Gor is the name of the type of snake that was slithering around. It was a nice thought that the birds were singing and talking to me. There you go, Wayne. Sorry no picture. After checking patients, I went and cooked dinner. Mary the cook watched me. I made spaghetti (with macaroni noodles) the marinara had chicken. Mary made the bread. And we had fruit cocktail. I love it when the container comes in!!! The container had lots of food in it. It was donated by Tim Williams of PCC. Thank you, Tim. My stomach thanks you.
Team Rubicon is who the container is from. They had it loaded with medical supplies. I am so grateful. When I prepped the girl for surgery today, I had to use a 22 gauge IV because we were all out of 20 gauge needles., It was just overwhelming to see all the stuff that came out of that container for us. I can't believe it. I just don't know how to thank these guys. Tomorrow I will start to go through the stuff. It is like Christmas.
Life is good. The dinner was good, I am full, I am tired. I will talk to you tomorrow.
C
Lots going on there C. I'm thinking next year maybe you'll join the run!
ReplyDeleteIt's so great to read about your work and adventures. What a great thing to do for yourself and others !
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day Catherine
Mary Handy