Update

I know I promised everyone new pictures today, but the computer I am using at the moment doesnt have any working USB ports. I was supposed to try and take some pictures of the hospital today, but due to some last minute plans last night, I was too tired to go into work this morning. It is hard to build up the courage to take pictures when I hate looking like a typical tourist. Ill get it done for all of you eventually.

Tomorrow there are tryouts for the Tusker Fame Academy, Kenya' s version of American Idol. My friend Sam and I are considering going. Who here wouldnt want to see two white kids be embarassing on TV. It would be almost guaranteed that we would make the bloopers. I will have to build up some courage first. If I dont end up trying out, I will spend my day at the orphanage. I dont have much time left here, so I must spend every bit wisely.

I dont know how much I have told you about the hospital, so I am sorry if I repeat some things. So far I have been bedside to two cesarean sections, two colostomies (one being the reversal), an appendicectomy, a hydrocele, an ectopic pregnancy, and the most recent, a hemorrhoid surgery. Given that the anesthesia machine is still not working, all these procedures can be quite risky. I have yet to scrub in and assist, but for now I am perfectly content with just watching. It is all very interesting.

It is hard for me to think of what to write on these posts. I have been here so long that I tend to forget which things would seem interesting to you. It is all starting to seem perfectly normal.

I dont know whether or not some of you have heard the news, but I have contracted ringworm recently. It has spread all throughout my beard and can be quite itchy at times. It doesnt come as a suprise to me that I got it since Purity, one of the little girls in the orphanage, has it as well. I did not know how contagious it was until now. All that is necessary to treat it is a cream that the hospital gave me to treat fungal infections. It should clear up within a couple of weeks. At least I dont have malaria like one of the other volunteers here!

Well I feel as if I am just rambling on. A post without any new stories/pictures is not so interesting. I will work on that. Only two more weeks left!