Another interesting week in Kisoro! At the beginning of the week Ruth and I were both really sick, whether it was a illness from the babies or food poisoning we did not know, but we felt pretty rotten. After recovering for a few days, we then proceeded to start tidying and Ruth, packing. On the Tuesday morning after a short staff meeting we set off for the Rwandan border where the taxi driver was waiting for us. As a person who is pretty rubbish with goodbyes, I was kind of dreading this one! Ruth is now back in the UK and settling back into the English way of life (strawberries and tennis!) It would be ungrateful of me to say that I am slightly jealous, but the past 4 months have been the most mentally exhausting of my life so I am really looking forward to giving Ma and Pa a hug!
I have been trying to keep busy this week, and have re-tided the store room/new medical center room! I am not sure how it go so messy in just a few months, but getting through the door was a job in its self. Ezra and I have also been preparing for the new volunteers who are arriving next Thursday. He took me shopping (actually, I took him shopping, as I know more shops than he does and he has lived here for a bazillion years!) and I was allowed to choose the colour of all kitchen equipment and buckets. I read that sentence back and I realise how boring I have become, but any shopping is shopping.
On Friday afternoon, I left to pick up Hannah and Jojo from school. When we arrived back at their house I had a panicky phone call from Ezra. Apparently 2 new babies had turned up without any notice at all and needed to be admitted. So I ran down the hill, ignoring all the “Mzungooo how areee youuu” to find two little boys and no nurse. I bought them into the nurses office and did the immediate examination. Baby D is aprox. 6 weeks old and was found abandoned at the hospital in Kabale. His temperature, weight, respiration and hydration was fine so I was happy that he was healthy. Baby M is 11 days old and his mother died after the nurses at the hospital forgot to look after her. His temperature was slightly raised, his respiration was fast and he was coughing. I listened to his chest and realised he had a chest infection, probably just due to negligence. They are both in the initial 2 week isolation stage and doing doing really well.
Toddler J leaves Potter's tomorrow to go back home with his dad. Next week Toddler A will be leaving and the week after Toddler J will leave too! It is bitter sweet to see them leave because you know being with their families is the best thing for them but when you have grown attached... it proves more difficult to say goodbye!
I am slightly gutted to hear the weather in England is back to normal, seems like I have missed the summer! It has 46 days to sort its self out and get hot again for when I am home!
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