ice cream is delicious

My staple food is banana sandwich, but now I'm getting more variety with feasting and funny conversations with a few of the students ...

These are the things I found frustrating: Trying to get reflexes.  Nobody seems to understand what "relax" means.  I've tried ...

I've been very fortunate and blessed to have met some truly nice people.  Whether it was the story of how I ended up in Sierra Leone or ...

When I stayed with a host family in Bo, there was one little kid who would start crying whenever he saw me.  He must have been about one or ...

Previously, I had mentioned how people want to be fat, but I didn't realize the extent.  Apparently people purposely take this drug/he...

The general atmosphere and attitude of the people here towards the sick is so frustrating!  They've come to accept death as part of dail...

While talking to a midwife who had stayed in Makeni for a year teaching midwife students, it was interesting to hear her say that of all t...

So I'm currently at an obstetrics/newborn training session for midwives/nurses/physicians.  It's pretty cool, cuz it's put toget...

The hospital does have a generator, but they only use it for the OR on tue, thur, and sat...and mon/wed for a 2 hours to autoclave.  it'...

Today I got some pretty crazy experience again. as usual...trying to deal with a motor vehicle accident with no electricity/light.  Everyone...

Warning, last picture is graphic (not for the weak of stomach)! (+ some normal pictures) I made some friends with the nurses and th...

Well, being in the clinic where I see outpatients is not so bad.  I think the scary ones are the ones that need to be admitted right away, l...

One nursing student asked me if I'm married, and I told her and her friends to guess.  So two guessed that I have a fiance, one guessed ...

When I stayed in Freetown for a few days, I had met up with the old PPB factory workers with whom I worked with in the past, It was so nice ...

Omg! Crazy day today.  I was left here by myself! Myself! My 3rd day?!  The only doctor there decided to drive to Kenema - a place 45 min aw...