Michelle has been (as mentioned before) up to her knees in things here and it will get worse as we move into the next few months.. Things at her hospital seem to be an absolute mess... She is gone alot, but she does an amazing job of balancing it out.. She has told me repeatedly that when things go right, she loves the work... I'm not sure how often that happens here... But when they do, it is great.. Her research project has officially started.. You'll have to ask her about what exactly she is researching as it is above my head..
Many of the main doctors in her department are leaving in the next few weeks as well.. Which leaves her and a few other Peace Corps doctors alone to run the main pediatric unit in the country.... With the rainy season comes malaria.. many students at the school are already getting it (don't worry, we are all on the good stuff, malarone).. Ebola is not really a concern... it is very far away from us and most people of that region have no reason to travel to this part of the continent.. If it becomes a problem in Jo'burg South Africa, then I think it will be a concern.. they do take your temperature when you get off the airplane here..
It should be a trying and challenging few months coming up.. Michelle is usually at the hospital from about 7am - 6 or 630 pm.... Takes a call shift once a week(overnight) and has been on call one weekend out of the month as well(which usually means she is at the hospital from friday-sunday with periodic breaks)... She was on the phone last night at 12:30 and went to the hospital to take care of seriously hurt patient that was trying to get med vac'd out of the country... I've married a damn good person.
All for now, 2nd grade coming in and we are working on very serious business ourselves... drawing patterned turtles.. I'm changing lives as well.. to lighten up today's post, here's a photo of some mystery meat(???) for sale at the grocery store. I didn't buy it. other photo is the banana men that walk up and down our street.... awesome bananas.... I think they are carrying bananas... could be a mystery fruit.. anyway, they are usually carrying bananas..
Sun has returned, but the temps are reasonable.. nice day here in Malawi..
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