whirlwind. . .

i haven't posted in a few days because things have been a bit crazy!

this little one has been part of it. her name is willangina. wednesday morning she was so dehydrated that she hardly responded to our attempts to start an IV on her. one of our resident physicians and a lab tech and i were basically all sticking her. she finally responded when i stuck her in the scalp. i was able to get her IV by no skill of my own, and we started running in fluids and a few hours later she opened her eyes and began to move again. she is still rather sick and we can't figure out exactly what is going on with her.

two of our main nurses are gone with family emergencies this week. one, magdala, had a niece who died in a car accident and the had to go to port-au-prince and the other sylveste had a daughter who was extremely sick and in the hospital. so things have been a bit crazy with both of them gone. i am so thankful to God that sylveste's daughter is better. i went to visit her today in the hospital and sylveste was talking about how sick she was that they were putting ice over her whole body and her temperature just kept going up and up. . . she had typhoid! it seems to be going around, it could be what willangina has. . . who knows it doesn't show up on testing usually for a week or so. we have a mom who had her baby monday night and tested positive for typhoid today, she has been with us since then and even last night still had a fever of 102.2.

needless to say i am washing my hands alot!