We have a pretty sweet deal at Alumni House, the hospital’s dorm for volunteers and hospital staff. We have (cold) running water for showers twice a day for one hour, three quite tasty meals prepared (today we had stewed goat and okra over rice), shared rooms, laundry, and an awesome pool. We have 3 PTs, 1 PTA, a midwife, a general surgeon, an epidemiologist, and an RN sharing the house, and it’s interesting to work with people from different backgrounds and parts of the country. We teach each other phrases in Kreyol, discuss patients, and share funny stories about our days during meal times.
Random creatures wander around the front porch and yard. There’s Sally, a sweet dog with some kind of hernia, an orange tabby that eats spaghetti, baby goats, various types of lizards, roosters that climb trees, hens and chicks, and small horses. We all wear ear plugs at night because the roosters crow at all hours. In spite of mosquito nets over our beds and spraying bug repellant three times a day, I have a multitude of bites covering my arms and legs. I saw a fat tarantula in the hospital, which is another motivation for me to use the mosquito net.
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