June 13^th (Wednesday)

           We went to the old hospital this morning for a teaching session to get updates on HIV protocols and stats. Which for the most part was interesting but some of it went over my head. At that point, after the session, we met the reinforcements that arrived on the same plane as our luggage the evening before. (YAY! FINALLY WE HAVE OUR CLOTHES!) We met Dr. Lipsi and Dr. Vincent. They are going to be doing surgeries which will be a nice relief for Dr. Mwansa. She stayed home to rest today and hopefully feel better.

This morning I attended ward rounds and then we had tea. Afterwards I went to the under-5 clinic. After watching for a while they asked if I wanted to give the vaccines. So I finished administering the vaccines for the rest of the many children… and unfortunately made many babies cry. Nicole joined me for the last two patients and I got her to do the vaccine administration as well. We then returned to Kariba and helped with clinic until lunchtime. Nicole scrubbed in for an exploratory laparotomy and biopsy of a pelvic cyst/tumour. We helped with clinic some more and came back for supper at our house and then attended the English gospel meeting on Luke that Gordon is doing. When we got home for the night I unpacked my suitcase and tidied my things. On for tomorrow is a trip to village schools to administer praziquantel with Dorothy.//