It is funny how time passes in Liberia. I feel like there is so much work to do everyday, but I can get caught up in one task. We are seeing quite a bit of malnourishment on the wards. The Peds team spent a good deal of time calculating, and then mixing, a formula for one of the babies out of ingredients we had on hand.
I gave a talk on nephrotic syndrome yesterday, which was really fun. I am going to try and do a journal club either this Friday or early next week. The medical students are very eager to learn and ask lots of great questions.
We have a case on the Wards of a girl with sickle who came in with malaria and pain crisis. She is the first patient I have ever seen in Liberia with sickle cell. Where are all the sicklers, we wonder.
I am learning so much every day about malaria, typhoid, malnutrition, and even some "country medicine," which is what they call Liberian home remedies.
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