helen weld public health

Tense Moments. . .

It's predawn and it has been bucketing "full bore fire hose" rain for the past several hours, with a bit of lightning thrown in for good measure, so no morning walk.

My jaw aches because I realise I had it clenched all night. Yesterday was pretty overwhelming with the container's arrival and a few very tense moments getting it unloaded. During all this we heard that one of our patients who has been over at the Bo Govt. Hospital lost her second premature twin last night. In the afternoon we went over to the hospital and found that Isatu's baby born by C-Section on Wednesday was in a rather precarious situation and needed resuscitation. It all underlines even more how necessary it is to get our facility up and running.

After a totally exhausting 48 hours for John and Benjamin (they have been working round the clock) they were thwarted in dealing with the red tape of getting a death certificate for the baby before it can be buried. This will happen first thing in the AM.

Organising all the container contents will now be the order of business. Maybe it will be a bit cooler doing this on a rainy day.

Another item on the ‘to do’ list is getting a rat trap. We have a very wily fellow who has managed to chew through bottom of the wooden door and comes right in and makes himself at home!

That’s all for now, the battery on my computer is very low. More pix to follow next time.

Love, Helen