It has been a while since I’ve updated this blog. Life here is draining, and often the only thing I want to do with my free time is sleep, or read about other people’s lives on Facebook. Getting together the drive to post a new entry is simply beyond me. But there are so many people who have kindly expressed interest in my life, and I wouldn’t be here without your support, so now let me share some of my life here with all of you.
A young girl works by the side of the road. Note the minaret of a mosque in the background. That is one of the most common sights in Hargeisa. Another common sight: plastic bags and other waste carpeting the brush on the roadside.
I have mostly settled into a routine on the Medical Ward. I care for anywhere from 2-5 patients, depending on the wildly fluctuating hospital census. We care for a range of conditions here, from babies with pneumonia to adults with uncontrolled diabetes, to strokes and heart attacks.
