Today was my first full day here in the Warm Heart of Africa and I love it! We left for the clinic this morning at 6:30AM. Jenna and I accidentally overslept because our alarm didn't go off, so all I had time to do this morning was get dressed and grab a piece of bread for breakfast on my way out the door. To give you a hint of my time constraints, the bus honked for us while Jenna and I were still in bed. Yeah...
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| Kids at Khwamba |
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| Vitals station at the clinic at Khwamba |
Anyway, the clinic was really cool. Me, Megan, and Mike (two other summer volunteers) were in charge of taking temperatures. I was the one who placed one of our four thermometers under each patient's arm and then Megan and Mike recorded the temperatures in each patient's health passport. That means I stuck thermometers under 250+ sweaty, undeodoranted armpits - both male and female, young and old. I actually really enjoyed it! I loved being able to work that closely and personally with these people, to actually touch them. The only thing I didn't like was that the body odor wouldn't come off of my hands for a long time. Eh, whatever. Then on the bus ride back to Teethsavers we all had some sort of raisin biscuit scone thing and sodas for lunch. I was super thankful because I hadn't had anything to eat since my piece of bread this morning.
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| Me and Jenna about to inhale our scones! |
Oh, my bag came in today! It was like getting a Christmas present! :)
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| The view from the bus on the ride back from the clinic |
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