Jedi (Thurs) 15 desanm

Feel so much better but do so wish I could stay in bed. It's cloudy and rainy and a perfect day for doing nothing. OK self, get up and get moving. Brrrr, maybe should have stayed in bed...really cold shower today. With all the cloud cover water colder than usual. Still no appetite but fruit and coffee good. Also had cassava bread (kasav) for breakfast that really tasted good. It is made from the cassava root and is a flat bread.

Got to clinic a little late this morning as breakfast late here. Saw young man from motorcycle accident who is healing well except for lower eyelid that really should have had special attention. When I saw him Tusday problem not so evident due to swelling.Today I wanted to irrigate his eye but we had a momentary trust issue. I had put a needle on the syringe so could direct spray better and he is holding my arm away from him. Don't really blame him at all. Finally convinced him "no piki", no shot so he allowed me to wash his eye out. Thought that was very trusting of him. The woman that came in with him I have seen 4 or 5 times, never as the patient but with others. She frequently has a baby with her that i assume is a grandbaby. Today she was tellig me somethng, pointing to me and then to the baby and waving to outside. I am totally clueless. Another patient in clinic picked baby up and put her in my lap and again pointing to me and baby and then said "take away". If things were only that simple. Last patient of the day was a little 7 year old boy who came in with a bright yellow shirt, blue crocs but uh oh, he forgot his pants. Still am sometimes surprised by little bare butts. On the way home from clinic stopped to admire a little baby girl and they put the baby in my arms. She immediately began smiling and cooing; a young boy maybe 12 or 13 asked me if I wanted her. Too much for one day. Think appetite is back...really grangou (hungry). Issues trying to use computer. Initally everything in French; thought we had fixed that Wednesday. Trying to download pictures....very, very slow. Oh well it's Haiti and that's just the way things are so am trying to embrace it and not get frustrated. At the moment failing miserably as kindle acting up too.

Joyfully,

Barbara