Hi!

Well I had good luck for a week and a half- but today I woke up sick to my stomach (with diarrhea…L) I had dinner last night at Dr Martin’s house and his wife told him this morning that something that she put in the cake was not good and caused us all to be sick! Bummer! Luckily I had plenty of meds for this problem packed so I was able to go to the clinic today!

Today we gave vaccinations to mothers and babies. We had about 20-30 moms and babies come in. I gave the majority of the vaccinations today so I am starting to get good at it! Luckily today was the day for moms to get tetanus shots- not too many babies! It still makes me sad to make them cry! Ha.

We finished the majority of our work and saw all the sick patients by noon (usually we don’t get done until around 2) so I got to observe Dr Martin do an ultrasound on a young mom. I got to tell the mom that her baby was a girl and look at the baby on the screen. It was very interesting! I then went back to the Catholic center for lunch (peas in some kind of sauce and a mango!) and then took a long nap! So its been a good day!

Tomorrow Dr Martin is going to the city of Parakou to buy medications and a motorbike for me! I’m not sure if I will be going with him or working at the clinic, though. It will be nice to have my own form of transportation soon. I’m excited!

That’s all for today- it has been cool all day which I have loved! It started raining around eleven and it must be around 70 so it’s a good break from the hot and humid weather!

Have a good day everyone- be blessed!