Mercy Ships: Preparing to Say Goodbye
It is officially my last week here in Madagascar, and as expected, it is bittersweet. I am so excited to go home and see my friends and family, but I am so sad to leave the friends that I have made here, the patients, and just Madagascar in general. I did an exit interview today […]
Mercy Ships: Language Learning
One of the patients I was blessed to care for over the last two weeks was Natacha. Natacha is 16 years old and had surgery to release a burn contracture. When I started my first shift, Natacha was lying in bed and seemed very shy and quiet. I did my assessment and gave her vitamins. […]
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Mercy Ships: Love Is
On one of our first days on the ship, we saw a video made by the Mercy Ships communications team called “Love Is.” The video showed multiple patients saying what love is to them. The answers varied widely, from things like, “love is playing Jenga with me,” to, “love is a language that crosses all […]
Mercy Ships: “How Was Madagascar?”
With little surprise, this is the main question I have been asked by many people since returning home. However, it’s a much more difficult question to answer than one may expect. Of course, I can say, “It was amazing.” It was, but it was so much more than that. It’s also kind of an awkward […]
Mercy Ships: Smiling Through Setbacks
The last two weeks or so have been tough for the hospital staff. A good amount of the crew has been sick, wounds aren’t healing like we want them to, and there have been a few VVF surgeries that didn’t turn out the way we wanted them to. This week, I finally got the opportunity […]