Kim Reaves’ Blog

Friday in Ghana (Recap of Day 20 with intro to Day 21)

Greetings all!

It is now Friday morning in the wonderful country of Ghana and we have just arrived to the hospital. To recap yesterday we came to the hospital for devotional at around 8:00 am. It was very difficult to hear because the patients in the lobby were singing songs in their native language. Dr. Akosua does not work on Thursday so Ashley, Andrew and I were given a room to see patients. Izzy went down to work with the mid-wife. We did not keep our room very long because there were more doctors than consultation rooms. I saw one patient: a man with a growth on his leg. I ordered an X-ray but didn’t get to follow up the results. One of the other doctors saw him later in the day. Because the three of us lost our room to see patients in Ashley and I went down to check on the patients in the wards and then we decided to finally go to the post office.

Andrew stayed to see patients with the male doctor.  Ashley and I were able to catch a taxi to the post office and then we decided to go back to the artist alliance gallery on beach road.  We spent about an hour walking around looking at the paintings and crafts then walked up to the labodi beach hotel for lunch by the pool. It was a very relaxing afternoon. We walked out onto the beach prior to heading back to the mission house. We met a man from Texas here because of his job.  He asked us about various restaurants and told us about his children and about a child he lost to SMA.  There was a constant influx of people trying to get us to buy various items on the beach. We enjoyed a plate of fruit and watched the people as they walked along the beach.

We caught a taxi back to the mission house around 6:00 and made it back just in time to cook dinner. We bought chicken the night before at the store along with vegatables and rice. David came over and brought yam and a spicy stew. David told us various stories about the area and we visited for a few hours.

After dinner, I was very happy to get a shower and then head to bed. It was a long day. Today we don’t really have any plans for the evening. I am sure we will think of something. We will probably be pretty busy today in clinic and I know i need to finish my presentation. I hope all are doing well. Tomorrow we are going to Cape Coast and Kakum. I may not blog again until Monday.

Talk soon,

Kim