First Day Over

FIRST DAY OVER

Well we survived our first day of the clinic, although barely! What an over whelming, wonderful, extremely busy, and totally out of our comfort zone experience. Words cannot describe the physical, mental, and emotional challenges we all faced. We saw 137 patients between the four nurses that worked in the clinic today. Colleen, Carlene, Ruth and myself, Annette were the privileged ones. We are blessed to have Dr Amelia who oversees any troubled areas we run into. Sharon also is a wonderful resource person who was around anytime. The other nurses were kept busy as one was doing foot care, another doing counselling and two wonderful nurses were running our pharmacy. What a huge job that is and they are doing great. Taylor is doing a great job at registering the patients and keeping the papers straight. The heat is so intense we all have a glow of sweat and our clothes are sticking tighter than Velcro. The rewarding feeling we all have will hopefully get us through the challenges ahead. As for the men, they may have sat around and drank cold drinks, I doubt it but not sure what they did. Well have a debriefing meeting on the roof, so that is all for today. Hope God will keep us strong and healthy in the days to come. I had no idea how much work I signed up for. Annette