Last post for a few days....

This will be my last post for the next 6 days. We are going on a 5 day camping safari to 4 of the national parks here. Keep your fingers crossed that we get to see all of the "big five" plus many others! I will try and take plenty of pictures and will post them when I can.

Aside from that, I have finished my 1st rotation at the hospital in the MCH (Maternal Child Health) department and will be heading to the OR when we return from safari. Today I tried to help the organization of the clinic by organizing the work space and making small "in" boxes for some of the things they are always misplacing under a stack of papers and books. They seemed to be very thankful for the help and the idea. They are also sad to see me go, as I can do a complete visit start to finish at this point. I was told I was very quick! and that they would miss me. So while I might not have felt too helpful, it appears I did make a difference which feels good! I will likely return there once Cassie leaves (she is only here for 4 weeks).

I also found that when we are not busy at MCH, I can go to the pharmacy and help count pills for prepackaging of prescriptions. I know this helps them greatly and I even have previous experience in this area from when I worked in the pharmacy at the Free Clinic in Christiansburg VA during college. :) The pharmacy is a small walk-in closet in size, and has two of the three walls covered with shelving. The medications are the organized by what they do. Ex: Anti-fungal, Antibiotics, Anti-malarials etc.... Very easy and to the point. It is also important to note they only have about 3 types of medications per category! I also learned they very rarely ask about allergies, as most people don't know if they have any or not!

I will post about my safari experience when I return!