We still have 2 presidents here so we’re just kind of waiting around,
but things are surprisingly normal. The dispensary is pretty busy
again and lots of people are at the market. That said there is still
no school. Since I’ve been here they’ve had 3 full weeks off and a few
other days here and there. Every few days theres a rumour that school
will start the following day, but that has yet to happen and almost
all the girls have gone home to their village.
In good news my new outfit is here. I look pretty stupid in it, but
the girls seemed to think it was funny so whatever. I tried it on for
the sisters and we took some pictures. Before we took the picture
though sr Vicky looks at my hair (it was up) and says ‘go brush your
hair. Whats this? Its not pretty.’ Always honest.
So not too much new here but I wanted to write real quick about my new
outfit (very important) and wanted to write about the dispensary a
little. There are a decent number of people who come in who have AIDS,
but the way they talk about it is interesting. It’s always ‘the doctor
told me I have dirty blood’ or sr Vicky says ‘you need to go get a
blood test to see if your blood is sick.’ I guess it’s just their way
of dealing with it, but on Wednesday this one lady won the prize for
being the most vague. She came in with spots all over her body- like
the kind of spots you see in a textbook when they talk about AIDS.
Anyway she says ‘Ive had these spots for a few months. It’s since I
went to Korhogo- the water there isn’t good.’ Right it’s the water. It
seemed like she had no idea, but when sr Vicky asked her if she had
had a blood test she said yes and that the doctor had given her
medicine and said she had dirty blood. So I guess she knew she had
AIDS, but didn’t seem to understand that it’s chronic and that she has
to continue with the medicine. She had come to the dispensary
wondering if we had some cream or something for her skin. So Sr Vicky
had to explain that no, a cream will not cure this illness of the
blood. Maybe it was just a front, but it really seemed like she knew
nothing at all about AIDS and that for her the most worrisome thing
was the spots on her skin.
So that’s it for now. Just wanted to give an outfit update (Im sure
you were curious) and tell you about this illness of the blood they
have around here.
Bye!
but things are surprisingly normal. The dispensary is pretty busy
again and lots of people are at the market. That said there is still
no school. Since I’ve been here they’ve had 3 full weeks off and a few
other days here and there. Every few days theres a rumour that school
will start the following day, but that has yet to happen and almost
all the girls have gone home to their village.
In good news my new outfit is here. I look pretty stupid in it, but
the girls seemed to think it was funny so whatever. I tried it on for
the sisters and we took some pictures. Before we took the picture
though sr Vicky looks at my hair (it was up) and says ‘go brush your
hair. Whats this? Its not pretty.’ Always honest.
So not too much new here but I wanted to write real quick about my new
outfit (very important) and wanted to write about the dispensary a
little. There are a decent number of people who come in who have AIDS,
but the way they talk about it is interesting. It’s always ‘the doctor
told me I have dirty blood’ or sr Vicky says ‘you need to go get a
blood test to see if your blood is sick.’ I guess it’s just their way
of dealing with it, but on Wednesday this one lady won the prize for
being the most vague. She came in with spots all over her body- like
the kind of spots you see in a textbook when they talk about AIDS.
Anyway she says ‘Ive had these spots for a few months. It’s since I
went to Korhogo- the water there isn’t good.’ Right it’s the water. It
seemed like she had no idea, but when sr Vicky asked her if she had
had a blood test she said yes and that the doctor had given her
medicine and said she had dirty blood. So I guess she knew she had
AIDS, but didn’t seem to understand that it’s chronic and that she has
to continue with the medicine. She had come to the dispensary
wondering if we had some cream or something for her skin. So Sr Vicky
had to explain that no, a cream will not cure this illness of the
blood. Maybe it was just a front, but it really seemed like she knew
nothing at all about AIDS and that for her the most worrisome thing
was the spots on her skin.
So that’s it for now. Just wanted to give an outfit update (Im sure
you were curious) and tell you about this illness of the blood they
have around here.
Bye!
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