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6-10 Same story, different day about breakfast. Dana and I were to work the clinic. We started right at 9. Steady flow of patients and around 10 I saw that we had a big stack in our box. Our nurses doing triage said we were the only ones there. Dr. Vicki is gone for a month and the other two hadn’t shown up yet. I asked them to send for Malcolm for help. By the time he showered and came down, Dr. God had shown up and took some patients. Paula stopped in to get me so I could get money from the ATM and then to the bank to transfer it to Vesna for the Zanzibar trip. I told Dana I would be right back. Little did I know…. The med students were all in ... read more

6-8 Breakfast of eggs toast and bananas. Dana and I thought we were doing construction since we were alternating but Malcolm said we should see patients also. We started in the clinic but only saw one patient so we were about to leave. They gave us one more and he was Malaria toxic. He had been sick for a week and was confused and weak. We started him on IV Quinine and after he was all hooked up we started painting. I went back later and discharged him. We had been told to wrap things up by 4 because they were going to do the employee of the week award. The employees unanimously voted for Larry. He was very surprised and touched. Several people went to town for beer. I stayed and went to dinner with ... read more

Very few people at breakfast. Plain eggs, toast, and bananas. No juice again. No work today. I did a bunch of laundry in our sink. No power again today. That means that we will run out of water soon also as you need power to pump water in. Some went into the internet café. I stayed and got caught up here with the journal. I got a call from Dana saying to bring her money and camera and Malcolms camera and hat. She just said “trust me”. They sent our usual taxi driver for Dennis, Andrew and I. He drove us to lake Victoria. The plan was to have lunch and then go for a boat ride out and around the island that is in the lake. We ate lunch at a tourist hotel on the ... read more

6-4 They work half day on Fri. in the clinic. Malcolm worked with Dr. God and I kind of followed the Powells to know some of the pediatrics issues. Saw Happy again. We sent her to a referral hospital for a bx. They didn’t do one but tested her for HIV. She was positive. They didn’t biopsy the neck mass but just said it was chronic lymphadenopathy from HIV. She can go to the government hospital and be treated for free but they can’t afford the transport costs so she won’t be treated. Saw another child with tinea capitus and a chunk cut out of the bottom of her foot. We soaked her in Hibiclens for the time it took to wait for lab then bandaged it. We can’t do shots here as the immunizations are ... read more

6-2 Up at 7 for 7:30 breakfast. Just had thin French toast and fruit. We are all hungry most of the time. Since Malcolm was feeling better, he worked the clinic and Dana and I did construction. There aren’t enough exam rooms for us all to see patients. It was very slow in the clinic today and I think he only saw 5 or 6. The Powells were busy with peds. Some of us were building a building with bricks that were hand made. They used cement and mortar. All done by hand. Some of us were using paint scrapers to take off the stucco that was put on the Patricia Ward. The building is new but two of the outside walls were put on too thin. Others of us were painting the newborn nursery which ... read more