9-24-2010
As expected the first day was chaos. I was so busy I didn’t really have time to catch my breath until it was time to head back at the end of the day. This is the first time since the very first year I am working in the lab by myself. I was much younger then. Having to draw the blood, process, run the tests, result and then return the patient back to the doctor is exhausting. It seems like every time I would finish a batch another round was waiting outside my door. I am thankful I can be here to help, these people have nothing and many have travelled a very long way to come here.
Second and third days were carbon copies of the first. It still has not rained. The river is so low that some people from other villages cannot get home. Our water tanks are also low – we are conserving as best as we can. What we take for granted at home – just turn on the faucet and water comes out.
We are all getting a bit nervous about the river drying up and us not being able to get to the airstrip on Wednesday morning – it really needs to rain.
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