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After the Dress Ceremony Leaving the ship with Steph |
It has been hard to find the words to put together a blog. The past three weeks here on the ship has been amazing and overwhelming at the same time. Every time I go to write I am overwhelmed with where to start. But hey I’m here for four months so I’ll just start with a few stories and eventually you may gain a better feel for what life is like here on The African Mercy!
Working on Ward B with the VVF ladies is lovely, but emotionally


On Tuesday a group of the ladies had their Dress Ceremonies. They were celebrated and given beautiful dresses in preparation for their return to their villages! One of the ladies has been here on the ship for 3 months, she has had 3 surgeries with Mercy Ships and 2 prior to the ships arrival in local hospitals. As each surgery failed the chances of a successful surgery decreases by 10% each time. Before her last and final surgery she was talking to our team leader Steph, and said that if the surgery worked then Steph would accompany her to the village, but if it failed again, then she would just have to go home with Steph to America! Well I’m happy to say that Steph got to go on a lovely ride to this Ladies Village this past week. Her last and final surgery by the grace of God it was a success!

Yesterday we said goodbye to a few more ladies and have 15 remaining on the unit. Half of them still have their catheters while the other half are recovering still. We so greatly enjoy playing games with them and learning new songs and games in Fulua, and Susu. We get daily lessons in greetings and names of body parts! I don’t know when ill ever need to know what “finger nail” is in Malingo, but hey I do!
I hope that everyone back home has had a great start of February as we are already halfway through. Happy Valentines day! Here on the ship one of my roommates made us all cards, and gave out candies, another left us chocolate bars and another decorated the wall with a heart garland! Our Nurse Team leader left personalized notes for all the nurses working on Ward B. It was so lovely.
I hope that everyone back home has had a great start of February as we are already halfway through. Happy Valentines day! Here on the ship one of my roommates made us all cards, and gave out candies, another left us chocolate bars and another decorated the wall with a heart garland! Our Nurse Team leader left personalized notes for all the nurses working on Ward B. It was so lovely.
Below are Pictures that I took while working on a night shift! Read the descriptions! For those of you who are nurse, what do you think!? Its fun to open the cupboard and not know what the bottle for lactulose will look like today! The mind set of DO NOT WASTE is in the front of everyone’s minds! I hope you enjoy the pictures of the Unit where i work!
IV bags are hung via magnet hooks from the ceiling! |
Our nursing Station View 1 |
Pick a drug! |
Our sink! and yes we re-use med cups after washing them! |
Patient education posters in the bathroom! |
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