Check out the link up top to get an idea of where we're working! Our accomodations are ridiculously posh, located on a postcard-worthy campus complete with a garden, mess hall, and scenic walk to work. Breakfast is served at 7am, and we mosey on to work around 9am. Currently, we've been split up - I'm in Maternity (surprise, surprise), where I do more pediatrics than Ob it seems, Meredith's in Peds where she seems to do more medicine than pediatrics, Geoff is (eventually) in the Eye Unit, Judith's in Surgury with our director, and Nancy's down the hill at the Ortho clinic, aka Femur-Fracture Central. Everyone seems to be getting out pretty early, except me, of course. But we rotate, so everyone will get to feel my pain eventually. Today I saw an emergency C-section performed by the intern (it was his FIFTH one ever) and the scrub nurse (who doubled as the attending surgeon). The Maternity Medical Officer (the real attending) would poke his head in occasionally whenever his newspaper got boring. The surgery was an absolute success, with the intern making it look like it was his 500th c-section. Honestly, I don't know whether to be amazed or horrified by what I saw...but you know what, it got the job done and both mother and baby boy are fine.
Tonight (Thursday) we've headed down to the suburb of Karen (named after Karen Blixen, the author of "Out of Africa") to run some errands and grab dinner at a highly recommended restaurant: The Rusty Nail (review to follow). We have to walk about 1/4 of a mile to get there from the center of town where I'm currently typing, and we have to do it before dark falls, so I'm signing off for now....Enjoy some pictures while you can!
2 comments:
Hii Jerry, What a deal. What gives? Thought this was going to be a challenge? Sounds as if you are still in NY city. Sounds like you are having fun, and maybe learning some. This is a great idea(your blog). Love, Jeanette.
cool pictures, man- nairobi looks and sounds amazing.
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