Kids’ Doc in Jos

Not really an extraordinary day, but as with any day, some unique events.

• A rather long consultants’ meeting after morning report



• Spent most of the day and evening transferring the patient database I’ve developed onto a new computer (Linux, using Ruby-Rails, MySQL, ImageMagick). The existing computer keeps getting cut off the network (connected by wireless) so we need the server to be right by the clinic.
• A new resident is starting this week, and peds is his first rotation. It’s fun to help someone get started.
• A 650 gram (1 lb 9 oz) baby born three days ago is doing quite fine, except for a burn the size of a 50-cent piece (naira coin) from a heating pad. The odds are much against her — it’s such a long haul between 650 g and being well enough to go home.
• A newly admitted girl may have rabies, but we hope it’s just an unusual presentation of typhoid or perhaps a (non-rabies) viral encephalitis.
• Dr Dennis … what’s your name, really??
• Someone stole our digital camera (or did I just misplace it???) but Barb, with the help of a friend, got it back.
• I read the first half of a kids’ book on the Titanic to Luke … it’s the main event of human history as far as he’s concerned.

Oh yes, and I should mention that we’ve had a new baby for the past 5 weeks: David, born in the ProLife program and waiting for adoption. He’s cute, and is the main reason we’re a little more tired and cranky than usual. (Picture of David 3 days ago — Barb’s face is still beat up after a fall at Hillcrest School).

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