Well yesterday started out pretty routine with a moderately busy day at the clinic. Even got in a 30 minute nap in the afternoon.
Then Father Marc, Paige, Frank and I took a ride into town with a stop at that lab for some blood tubes..
Went to the Les Cayes Prison to see a "friend" who has had yellow eyes and orange pee for a month. Also abdominal pain, poor appetite and all the other things that are consistent with some form of hepatitis. That place was a eyeball opener for sure!!!!
Way too many men crammed into way too small of a cell with a "honey bucket" for a toilet. Now you really don't want a cell mate with hepatitis in this situ.
Proceeded to examine him out in the parking lot and drew some blood for lab studies.
Yes I used universal precautions- this visit was planned
Anyway the prison has had 9 cases of cholera so far- another unpleasant disease to be incarcerated with...
I on the other hand had a bowl of the best chicken soup I have ever eaten after we returned from the prison....All's well that ends well..love...nase
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Cholera, hepatitis, "friend in prison" Despite them all, enjoy the warmth and sun. You're not missing a thing here except getting to stay home while it pours rain over a layer of ice. Ahhh. Alaska in the winter!! Have a great Thanksgiving. I suspect you have a perspective of what we have to be grateful for while being down there than all of us at home do. Be well, and get another good nap! We send our love. Judy and Joy
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