What I Am To Do In Africa
Ok, I've received several emails about what I will be doing, so I guess I need to clear it up.
As I noted before, I work with a great doctor at Duke Hospital, who is from Kenya. Her mom is still there, and has made an opportunity available for me. I will be working in a clinic, a very small rural clinic, outside of Mombasa, Kenya. This clinic is run by a PA alone. It apparently will be a short distance outside of Mombasa. Although this is hearsay, I believe that there will be all sorts of clinical issues walking through the door. It is a rural clinic, so anything from births to deaths to AIDS and malaria and all kinds of other interesting cases will be coming in the doors.
As a nurse, I will be stretched to my professional limits, because I will be required to be involved in much more than what I could be allowed to in the Duke MICU. I have a great imagination that plays with situations that I will come across, but nothing of course is certain. But I will see and do and be immersed in more that I can imagine, and that excites me greatly (as well as slightly terrifies me). Honestly, though, I can't say for sure what sort of work I will be performing. Savin' lives, I guess, which is nothing new around here 
I will be leaving the US on September 7, and arriving late in the evening on September 8th. I will leave Mombasa on October 24 and arrive on the 25. All told, I will be traveling for a total of seven weeks and a day. I managed this by taking 6 weeks personal leave and by scheduling magic that gave me another eight days to travel.
This is all a little vague, sadly. Of course, more information will be available upon arrival. It's three weeks and counting from today. Three weeks! Wow...
By the way, folks, please post. I really like getting posts here on the blog. Sending money is cool too.
