Mary Westfall’s Blog

Pictures and Pediatrics

Hello all! I’m happy to share that I will be doing my pediatric residency at Children’s Mercy in Kansas City! It was a big relief to open my envelope on Match Day and find that name. Now I am in the process of working toward this next chapter in my life…getting my house in Columbia sold, doing one more medical school rotation, graduation, then moving to Kansas City! I will start my residency at the end of June/early July.But even as I look toward the next chapter, I certainly do not forget the powerful experience I have just come from. Zambia has impacted me in many ways: in my personal perspective, emotional maturity, spiritual growth, and professional outlook. My prayer is that my time in Africa was not just a trip, but an experience that will continue to inform and impact my future life. As promised, I wanted to share some pictures with you all. They are posted in the blog entry below this one. I had some problems with picture formatting so they are also available in the “pictures” link to the right, but do not have captions there. I apologize for the layout of the picture post but I had some difficulty getting the pics and text in the body of the post. If you look at the pictures in the post below you should be able to click on each pic to see a slightly larger version. I would also like to mention that several of these were taken by my friends Dan and Nadja, other medical students at Macha with me. Thanks so much for sharing this experience with me! God bless and keep you all!