Here I am sitting in my living room (which also happens to be my bedroom and usually dinning room too), writing this blog on my computer because, YES, I have internet finally! Wooooohoooo! Okay, it's really not a big deal. I can handle not having internet on my computer... except for the whole sending work to my colleagues in different cities (and countries). But, what makes it really exciting is if you know how many times I had to go to the internet store and how long I had to wait. And how many people it took. Only took a week and a half... continuously... Enough complaining though because it works!
Here's a photo so you keep interested
As most of you will know, I love coffee. Like, a lot. And coffee flavoured anything. Coffee isn't really a big thing here but it isn't none existent, thankfully. I think the three months in Portugal with amazing coffee made this transition even harder but I have experimented a few coffees around town and most are pretty good. This one place grinds up the coffee beans and sugar with a mortar and pestle, a splash of boiling water and voila! Coffee. A little bit sweeter than I would like but really quite nice.
Coffee/ Sugar mixture
Foot/ Toe update:
Warning, if you get grossed out easily or are my mother do not read any further.
Last Thursday I went back to the hospital because the top part of my toe started to look gross with more blisters appearing even though I thought the bottom was looking marginally better.
Warning, if you get grossed out easily or are my mother do not read any further.
Last Thursday I went back to the hospital because the top part of my toe started to look gross with more blisters appearing even though I thought the bottom was looking marginally better.
Please note the difference from the photo in my previous post 'First Impressions and First Aid'
And the bottom
I go to the hospital and they take me to Minor Surgery and set up a sterile field for my cleaning. The young nurse was clearly very nervous after finding out I am a nurse but she had very good sterile technique, I have to say. Midway through the cleaning and debridement, someone claps their hands over my hears, I can barely hear, the room is getting dark and I am sweating bullets. Knowing that I am about to pass out, I very politely ask if I can lay down and they help cool me down. I was able to breath through it and didn't end up passing out but I also was unable to see what they ended up doing. Though there was a lot of cutting,
On Saturday, I go back for my first dressing change.
Day two post debridement/cleaning
Yesterday's cleaning: (Sorry for the crappy focus...)
Day four post debridement/ cleaning
"Clean hands Save Lives!" Sterile Field
As a reward for continuing to read you get some random photos from the week!
"Clean hands Save Lives!" Sterile Field
As a reward for continuing to read you get some random photos from the week!
Victor on the local radio talking about Women/Child/ Youth Health Awareness week! With your's truly as a special guest. More radio talks to come
Local kiddies who all ran and asked to have their photo taken with me
Love looking at those palm trees. Especially at sunset.
Torrentially raining, not that you can see in this photo. |
Well, hope you enjoyed today's addition and please stay tuned for more. This week is an important work
week and I hope to update you guys about what we are doing here shortly.
Thanks. Obrigada. Nabonga.
Well that was gross!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that...please post about non gross stuff like snacks? Social justice issues? Other people's feet?
ReplyDeleteYou guys are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteHey I didn't think it was that gross. Nurse's daughter thing I guess.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are feeling better!
Miss you :-)