Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Fun Facts

Burundi
  • If a single Burundian man asks you your testimony, it might be translated, "Are you an eligible, godly woman?"
  • Learned to give local anesthetic.
  • With supervision, extracted a few teeth.
  • Saw a 3 year old with ANUG
  • Got in and out of prison in one day & in one piece.
  • Was welcomed "as royalty" with a Burundian drum ceremony.
Kijabe, Kenya
  • Was invited to tea with my cab driver, Wilson... graciously declined!! :-/
  • Restored a fractured #8
  • Nairobi Eye - bug that burns if you touch it
  • Watched my first Rugby game!
  • romping is even more fun in the forest in Kenya than the woods in Columbia
  • Learned to do Composites & Amalgams.
  • Witnessed a mandibular reconstruction after it was shattered by a gunshot. (well... actually never got to see it... technically)
  • Helped wire a fractured mandible. He'll have to keep his jaw shut 6 weeks.
  • Met a sweet friend, Julie, a nurse who will be spending 7 months in Doro (near Yabus, Sudan)
  • Met a lady who lives in NW Columbia & knows some mutual friends there
Eldamo Ravine, Kenya - visited for the weekend with the Dr. Rich's family
  • Milked a cow!


1 comment:

  1. Did you get Nairobi Eye? I have a funny story about it... as I got it on my stomach and it left a scar in the shape of Africa for a good year! But remind me to tell you the whole story! Hope you did not get it as mine KILLED!

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