Mid-week

This week has been a good one so far…sorry it has been quite a few days since the last post. I have been busy putting together a lecture for the interns here on oncology. Digression…the internship program here is quite a good one. There are 16 interns, who take 3 month rotations on medicine (clearly the most important rotation), pediatrics, OB, and surgery. There are 4 on medicine now that I have really gotten to know well and really enjoy. They are excellent people with a great base of knowledge (on par with U.S. interns) who really love the Lord. They are well prepared to do many different things leaving internship. They ofter work as general medical officers for two years before going into a residency if they choose to. So, my lecture was on oncology, which is a really broad topic, so we went over some general principles and I gave a brief overview and did not finish a good number of the slides. I have really enjoyed the educational component of the work. From a medical standpoint, we continue to see lots of really sick people, most of whom have gotten better, including an interesting guy who had TB everywhere including in his liver/gallbladder (which is very unusual). This particular family was a joy to interact with, and I have been blessed with some outstanding patients and families this week. Really, I think most of them are great, but I just know the ones that speak English particularly well.
Sara has had a good week in PT. The head PT here and her built a wheelchair that the hospital owned, and he donated this to the handicapped children’s home that Sara went to last week. She is traveling there this morning to give this to the home. We were grateful for the hospital’s generosity…the wheelchairs at the orphanage are in complete disrepair and this should help significantly. She has also had a few more patients recently that speak English, including one family that invited her to come and stay with them on Lake Victoria for a few days (tempting offer).
In other news, my beard is gone. It is contemplating a comeback, however. I’ll try to post tomorrow or Saturday at the latest. Also, to those who are disappointed in the lack of pictures…they are on Sara’s facebook page, we have been unable to load them onto the site. One of the previous blogs has the specific address.

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