peace of mind
As we have no electricity in the orphanage my rhythm gets quite adjusted to the natural one. At 7pm the sun is down and this means total darkness here;
most nights we have clouds so there isn’t even the moon to shine.
After some reading (the Zanzibar chest, I highly recommend it!) with a petroleum lamp I go to sleep around 9. Together with the healthy food and swimming in the lake everyday its really giving my soul and body some rest; I enjoy it very much!
The kids rise with dawn at 5.30 and this is mostly the time I wake up as well.
Then I check some medical cases in my books, have breakfast and take the half hour walk to the clinic to arrive there at 8 am.
At first there is a one-hour staff meeting and then we start our rounds.
I work together with a young Doctor who is quite eager to teach me all about tropical medicine and at the end of the day I have a list of things to check for the next morning.
I cover the pediatric and internal medicine ward till noon and assist deliveries or operations after lunch. (if possible cesarean sections as I got somehow hooked on them)
right now I got the information that there are 2 babies waiting to get cut out so I better scrub in ☺
See you soon
Basi
