By Micu Mensonen | UKUN Volunteer Nurse
Beginning of this week I was in Dar to pay the rent. Poor Sofie got sick so I and Mathilde continued with the home visits. Tuesday morning I met our new landlord and paid the rent for UKUN for six months as it was agreed. We got one month free due to our renovation work. Unfortunately I only received a receipt as the landlord Omari did not have contract for us. I asked him to provide me one, which I will pick up on my next visit to Dar.
Whilst in Dar Sophie got sick with diarrhoea and Mathilde took Mr Captain to his hospital appointment and showered him alone. He had again had an accident with bowels. Poor Mathilde with her little Kiswahili managed so well at the hospital and had a big job alone to shower him and do his laundry. Mr Captain had his CD4 checked and will be told results on his next appointment. He was told it is chronic diarrhoea that is very common on patients on ARV medication. We gave him ‘pampers’ but he thought to use it as a toilet so we had to discontinue this! Sophie was better by the end of the week and all the team was back together.
On Wednesday we visited Mariam and bought her more juice, gloves and disinfectant. She also needed more Septrin, which I asked Charles to take there. Mariam appeared fine. After that we visited Amina for physiotherapy who is doing well and Mr Captain who had had no diarrhoea that day!
On Thursday we went to Muhimbili once again with Hamisi to get his fit status for surgery and Sulemani to get his biopsy results. This time it was me, Mathilde and a local friend Omari to come as a translator. We found a new driver Ally who is also works at the Bagamoyo Hospital. This time the trip was not too long; we left to Dar at 6.30am and came back to Bagamoyo before sunset time. Sulemani was seen first and he only got told that his results were not ready and that he should return next week Friday, not good! Hamisi got really good news; he was told that he was fit for the surgery (double mastectomy). Not only that, he got a date for his surgery and only just over two months wait. He needs to be admitted to Muhimbili on 6th of August 2013 and they will operate on the 9th. Hamisi and we were so happy. On our way back home we bought lunch for everyone; rice, ugali, fish and beans. We booked Ally for the next week’s trip to Muhimbili with Sulemani and he only wants to charge us the petrol money and nothing extra so we have another volunteer now!
Abdullah finally got his injections for TB from Bagamoyo Hospital. He needs to have still half of the injections from the total of 56. There was a three week gap, which is not good for the adherence and resistance.
We continued writing weekly reports and wrote separate reports of the Muhimbili trips and the office opening party. It is hard to sit in front of the laptop for hours in this heat but we go to do our work in Poa Poa restaurant, which has good fans and serves lovely iced coffee!
Next week is the final week of the musketeers Sophie and Mathilde so we have a lot of organizing to do.
By Micu Mensonen | UKUN Volunteer
By Micu Mensonen | UKUN Volunteer
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