We have had a lot more time to do teaching on the wards in the past week. In addition to our morning lectures, Venee, Amir, and I have been taking time to do one on one teaching with the students. It was a lot of fun doing physical exam with them in the past few days. They are very bright and have rose to all the challenges we have thrown at them.
As I continue to work in Liberia, I am more and more amazed at the bond between families. The mother and child share so much in the first few months of life. The mothers come in wearing dresses, and the babies' outfits or blankets are made from the same piece of cloth. The mothers carry their babies on their backs in their lappas while they do their work.
We had a case of malarial hypersplenism, also known as tropical splenomegaly. It is a more chronic and less severe course. I am astounded by the all the different ways malaria can present.
I want to say thanks to everyone at UMass. There were so many people that chipped in to make this trip happen, from helping with forms to covering shifts.
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