I thought I'd give you a glimpse today into everyday life here. Pretty much everything is done by hand - there are no fancy machines to do the hard work here! I had my first experience of hand washing on the weekend. While I've soaked the odd delicate or two, I've never had to hand scrub an entire load before. I certainly worked up a sweat. And for someone who is usually quite particular about the way washing is done, this process was actually quite satisfying! I won't be throwing out the washing machine any time soon though.
Cutting the grass is also quite a laborious process. Emmanuel seems to do it with quite a bit of flair but there is a lot of technique to it as well.
Back in hospital today, things went much better. Seeing wound washouts and cutdowns on the ward without anaesthesia is quite confronting but the big guys seem to be quite proud of themselves if they can get through it without crying out. What broke my heart though was the little girl from yesterday, the one who had affected me so much, came up to me on the ward to give me a cuddle. She was so sweet and her little face will stay with me for a long time.
Till next time x
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