Tuesday, 15 April 2008

Deck fun!

Well, after finishing my night shifts on Monday morning, I dragged myself out of bed in time to go up to deck 7. Deck 7 is the place we take any of the patients wishing to have a bit of fresh air between 2.30 and 3.30 each day (at least until the rainy season starts...!). It's a great time for the adults and kids to see the outside world, and feel the Liberian temperatures (instead of the air con the patient's are so not used to!)
It is also one of the places that we are able to take photos with the patients if they are happy for us to. Lets just say most of them are! So I went to deck 7 adn we had lots of fun taking pictures and enjoying the outside. We have a really great system of being able to print out colour pictures and laminate them so that the patients can have memories of the people who have looked after them. So as soon as I have finished here, that is what I will do! One little one, Matthew (I have mentioned before) has a very cheeky grin. Another of my quieter patients Winston, was also made uop to be photographed. We had quite a lot of interaction on my night shift, sadly because he was in a lot of pain, but despite that, we have become great buddies.

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