Clinic day today. I always wake up in the mornings excited for these days. Even just the two hours that we spend over there makes me so happy. We saw quite a few patients today. I got to hand out some of my sisters baby clothes she sent. The sad part however was it was not for a newborn but a 1 year old who looked no more than a few months old. I've added his picture below.
We also saw a two year old who had a servere vitamin deficiancy and couldn't walk yet. We gave him some viactiv vitamins and we will just have to hope for the best. We are out of most children's medicine including vitamins so now we just give them some fruit and send them home. It kills me everytime.
The women who work in the clinic gave us the traditional Afghan head scarves. They are gorgeous. They are all hand made and we had to get shown ( a few times) exactly how to wear these things :) Looking at the picture of all of us I have to laugh though. Reminds me of a childhood game...."one of these things is not like the other"
Other than that FOB life is going good. The wind has started to pick up here which means lots of lovely sand storms in the afternoon. It's sad to not see snow on the mountains anymore. That sure didn't last long! Afghanistan has turned into a dusty and sometimes muddy place. I can't wait to see what it looks like in the summer. I miss green things. I'd love to see a tree or grass or basically anything that isn't brown. And being color blind to brown's it's creates a very dull scenery for me :)
I'm also working on my new Humanitarian project. We found some old desks on the FOB and I spent the day power washing them, sanding the rust off of them, and painting them. I'll try and include pictures later next week. Once again the girls from the clinic are all on board and are down there helping me do all the work. And once again the command doesn't know about it nor do they care. Go Figure! Me and my girls will be winning the hearts and minds of Afghans by ourselves if we have too :)
Miss you all!
2 comments:
Great post Michelle. It's so nice to read some positive stories about how so little can help so much. Keep up the good work. I am sure you will win over the hearts and minds of the Afghan people one at a time. I guess the old adage is true, "You'll catch more bees with honey than with vinegar."
Can we send you vitamins? is that allowed? Please send me a list of other things you want/need and we will work on getting it for you. We have a package on the way!
hearts to you mi familia!!
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