Friday, November 13, 2009

Made it to 2800m!

The week began with yet another case of sepsis and, well, you've already heard way too much about this.

Tuesday we flew to Hukuntsi, worked in the OPD and saw some cool peds cases.

Wednesday we went on outreach to a remote clinic in the Mochudi area and, thankfully, it was slow. I had a chance to discuss the future with our boss, Harvey.

Thursday was Lobatse where I transfered a child with what had to be a brain abscess to PMH. I round on peds there as they are so understaffed. Some of the kids aren't seen for three days.

Today was outreach with one of the residents I mentor who is also an MO so I can serve two masters at once. It was great fun as it was, of course, off the beaten track.

Then today I took on a swim set written by my old (well not "old"old) lane buddy at CGMS, the marquis de swimming, Bill. Kicked my sorry arse into next week. I think I just now have a pulse under 100.

Gotta eat some apple cake, I deserve it. I think I'll eat it out of the pan with a fork, less effort.

Cheers

3 comments:

Aven said...

is there another way to eat it?

Unknown said...

We are at a meet in Bend tomorrow, so pulses here will be quite high. I get to swim not 1 but 2 100 flys (one event and 1 relay). Miss you.

Apple cake - yummmm!

--mj

Unknown said...

Hi Mike,
Sounds like it's pretty crazy, challenging and rewarding over there. I'm enjoying reading about some of the cultural differences you're experiencing, such as your discussion on removing care.

I'm back in Hood River for the summer (I guess you heard) and enjoying swimming with the masters. What a great group! I'd pretty much stopped swimming because it wasn't fun anymore, but this brings it right back.

Best,
Oliver Burton
olivertburton@gmail.com