Polyclinic

Yesterday I had community outreach and then we all went to the wood carving village and then to Kumasi. The wood carving village was really cool and they had some amazing things! I bought 2 masks and a few little gifts which I am in love with ;) Then we came back to Nsuta and watched Ghana play Mexico city in someones house. There was about 20 of us crowded around the TV because it is one of the only ones in town. The Ghanians are absolutely CRAZY about football! Everyone wears jerseys all the time and you see people playing it everywhere you look.

Today we didn't do anything too exciting because we needed to do alot of paperwork. I did go into the delivery room at one point though because I heard a baby screaming like crazy for about 10 min. It turns out that he was getting circumcised which was quite disgusting. There was 2 nurses holding it down and one was just using a knife to cut it and there was blood everywhere. I don't know what they were doing but it took about half an hour and the baby was screaming the whole time. Pain is very different here then in Canada. The patients are never given painkillers and are never asked how they feel. I can't imagine ever delivering in a country like this! Right after you give birth you are told to walk down the hall to the waiting room where you sit about 10 min and then walk home. Most of the mothers that get to the clinic are already in the process of giving birth and the head is coming out. Another interesting part to my day is that I was working in family planning and a young girl came in with her new baby to get birth control and we discovered that she was pregnant again already. She didnt seen too happy to say the least but abortion is unheard of here so instead of giving her the birth control injection we gave her tetnus for her pregnancy.

Tomorrow I am likely going down to Cape Coast and staying at Hans cottage atleast one night where the hotel is surrounded by a lake filled with crocodiles. Were hoping to also go to Cape Coast castle which is where a large slave industry was run and then to Kakum National Park where they have a canopy walk. I will try to get on the computer over the weekend or definitely monday. Oh yea tomorrow is my Mommys birthday for all of you that didnt know so HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha Love you xoxoxo