So I don't have much to report, but I figured I'd give a quick update anyways.
I have pretty much fully recovered after being sick from the mountain and then again with a throat ear nose thing. This past weekend was quite chill, doing nothing and being sick and sunday heading into town to the markets and going to a hotel with a pool for a swim. We also decided that we were going to have IVHQ Volunteer House Christmas on Sunday, so we tried to find ugly christmas clothes, all pitched in and did a 1.00$ gift exchange. It was good fun.
We currently have a new group of volunteers in the house (8 this time) and so far they all seem pretty awesome, we're all headed out for dinner tonight and then to a karaoke bar...always an interesting time!
My scary and sad news of the weekend was found out on Friday when I found out that one of the babies at my placement Riziki was in the hospital and they didn't know if she would make it through the night. I was worried all weekend, as Riziki is almost 4 months but looks like a newborn premature baby. She just never gained weight, and has always been sick. Amazingly she pulled through the weekend and is still hanging on, though they don't have much hope. It's been determined that she has a heart echo, and we will find out tomorrow if she is for sure HIV+ and if they will be able to operate on her heart or not, even if they can she will still have to get stronger, before they can perform the surgeries. I truly do hope she pulls through it all though, shes an amazing little baby. On the plus side though one of the other little babies Hafsiba was adopted over the weekend.
Yesterday I went to a school with some of the other volunteers to experience the schools, and we also got to do homevisits for 4 of the kids. They live in horrendous conditions, literally just mud huts with one tiny room for 4 people. Truly does make you much more appreciative though. We brought them sugar and rice, and they were so thank ful. Even though these people have nothing, they would still give you the clothes off their backs if you needed it.
That's all for now, sorry its short and a little unorganized. Hope everyone back home is having a good summer still!
