Friday, July 11, 2008
Ward rounds were non-existent…the doctors were busy examining med students so we did not round on patients. To pass time, Abby (IU med student on my team) and I took Baby Moses to the Sally Test Center to play with the abandoned babies and children in the hospital. We got Moses a bath, picked out boy clothes for him since he has been wearing a Barbie sweater, and played games with him. Moses looked much better today and we were able to get him to interact with us. I also got to hold and feed Reuben, a 6 week old abandoned baby. His mother was a patient at MTRH but left Reuben on a bench because she did not want him since he has HIV. At lunch, we treated Mercy for her Birthday. She came and ate at the IU house which they served gooey, warm chocolate cake and spaghetti!! After lunch, we headed to the Imani Workshop to pick up bags we special ordered. Javen, Mr Kenya himself, drove us since the African rains have been unforgiving the last few days. We also went into town so Tony could get his hair cut at the Indian barber. It was quite the spectacle having 3 white girls in a men’s Indian barbershop. I had my first scary experience in Kenya…when we were walking in town, two men walked into me and tried to pick-pocket me. Thank goodness I never put anything in my pockets but it was scary because they had me pinned. Katie said she was scared when she saw the guys come up to me and Tony was ready to fight the men. I was pretty upset afterwards but I am happy they were not successful in getting anything from me.
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