By Bethany Fron
Wednesday was one of my favorite days. We woke up and had a
wonderful morning at the hospital.
Matt and Rachel enjoyed a great day at the eye clinic. They
were able to learn how to work the eye equipment and stared into each other’s
eyes all morning.
Grace hung out in medical records. She learned the admission
process and had a fantastic time talking with the staff.
Julianne worked in medical outpatient. She said she met a
delightful little boy who she played with and ministered to while he waited to
see the doctor.
Kaitlin and Emily went to the school today. They had a blast
playing and teaching the kids. They said today the kids taught them how to play
a game called “Tiger,” and they loved it!
Hays, Nian, and I spent the morning preparing for our presentation.
We put together an hour-long teaching about IV therapy with an emphasis on
aseptic technique, needle safety, and IV complications. After adding some last
minute touches, we went to the lying in ward and followed up with a mother that
we had helped during her labor on Monday. She had a beautiful baby boy and it
brought me so much joy to know that our presence had made her labor go more
smoothly.
We all went to lunch and then hurried back to the hospital
for the presentation. The teaching was offered to the nurses and doctors here
at Manna Mission. It went so well! The staff was very receptive and learned
some new information that will be extremely beneficial to their practice here.
Once the presentation was over we were all extremely excited because it was
finally time for something we had been looking forward to since the beginning
of the trip...SHOPPING!
Upon arrival to the market we were in awe at all of the sights. Dresses, drums, bags, carvings, the list goes on. We quickly learned the art of haggling, as our good friend Felix helped us get the best deals. I was ecstatic when he haggled a bag from 25 cedis to 10 cedis. Not to mention the exchange rate here is 1 American dollar to 1.7 cedis. The rest of the afternoon was filled with everyone finding amazing souveniers. We loved it!
Thursday morning ended up being a different day for us.
Instead of changing into our whites we changed into our blue scrubs. This
morning held the opportunity for us to help at a well baby clinic and to also
help with a major project. The well baby clinical was fun as we had the opportunity to help by giving shots, and weighing the babies. We divided into our two teams: Team Awesome and Team
Amazing.
For the first part of the morning Team Awesome began the
project. The task was to separate all of the nursing books from an enormous
pile of books that went from floor to ceiling. The books will be put into a
library for the up and coming Nursing School here at Manna Mission. This ended
up being quite a challenge and a different kind of stress, but we figured out a
plan and started working. About halfway through our two teams switched and by
the end of the morning we finished the project. It was exciting to complete
such a major task as a group and to make a contribution to the nursing school
here.
We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing and recuperating
from the morning. That night our group had a very important conversation that
made us feel even more like a family. We were all able to be honest as we opened
up our hearts to each other. I was very proud of our group that night.
Well, we are still having the best time here. Your thoughts
and prayers are very much appreciated! We will be posting more blog posts
tomorrow; so sorry we are behind. We love you all!
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