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 Thursday, June 26, 2025 I have been writing notes on the past view days, without posting, because no power means no computer battery and usually no Wi-Fi. I am also writing in between scanning patients and working on other projects. I'm hoping to get this out to you by the end of the day! 😁 We lost power Tuesday night around 10:00 p.m., which was unfortunate because it was particularly still and warm. I always bring a small foldable rechargeable fan with me, thank goodness or it would have been difficult to get any sleep at all. Power has continued to be spotty over the past few days. Once again, the roosters woke me up Wednesday well before the Sun. I love the mornings here; cool temperatures and I can see the sun rising through one of my windows with a slight view of the mountains. Our little village starts to wake up and get to work, sweeping out their huts and often the areas around it, making breakfast, getting ready for the day. It's so comforting to wake up in this com...
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June 23, 2025 Hello! It's early Monday morning and I'm pretty sure that every single rooster in Norhtern Uganda is crowing right outside my hut! The sun is not yet out, and the Wi-Fi is terrible this morning, but I will just keep writing and we will see what happens. 😁  Our Sonographer Mentor candidate, Max, had major delays using public transportation to get to us. The poor man arrived in Atiak at dinner time Thursday evening, found no suitable place to spend the night, returned to Gulu (1–2-hour drive), and came Friday morning instead. Dinah (a midwife from my first training group in 2024) and I had a couple of emergent patients needing ultrasounds Friday morning, which kept me busy until Max arrived. One of our patients arrived early, with cramping and spotting in early pregnancy. Using ultrasound, we were able to see a gestational sac, without a fetal pole. There was the possibility that the pregnancy needed more time to develop, however due to the size of the gestational ...
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June 19,2025  Good morning and happy Juneteenth! I was hoping to write last night, but a storm came through and we kept losing power, so here we are. Before I forget, thank you for the comments on the blogposts. I do read them, but for some reason I have not been able to reply, so I will try to respond in the following posts. Diane, this is a shorter trip than usual, only a little over 2 weeks long. I will leave Uganda on July 2nd, returning home on July 3rd. Yesterday was exhausting but rewarding. What started out as "We might have an ultrasound for you." quickly progressed to "We have another one for you!". My training on this trip is focused on the midwives that have already completed my 4-week basic course, working on advancing and fine tuning their scanning skills. Dinah was assigned to work with me for the day, so she would scan the patient first, we would discuss patient history, differential diagnosis options, ultrasound results, and treatment plans, then I ...
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 June 17th, 2025 * I actually wrote this yesterday (Monday), but had some router issues, so here ya go! * Good morning from Atiak! Make yourselves comfortable, have I got a travel story for you. I left for the Sea-Tac airport at 10am Friday morning, getting a notification from Delta Air that my flight was delayed on the way...a harbinger of the weekend, perhaps? When I arrived at the counter to check in, I was asked for the credit card used to book the flight and a photo ID to match the credit card. I explained that I was traveling for business and that the flight arrangements were made by the company that was traveling for, and confirmed that the reservation was in my name. The agent I was dealing with was lovely, however she had to call over a manager who was not. In a very snarky tone it was explained to me that this was something Delta did to ensure THEY were not victims of fraud. They said that if I could reach the person who booked the flight they could FaceTime me and prove ...
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