Saboba!!

Yesterday was the day that would never end!!  Bob, Jean, and Nikki met me in Tamale.  We had breakfast together at a roadside stand and then we dropped Dr. Jean off at a conference.  It was a huge disapointment to find out that Dr. Jean will be gone the first week of my stay, but I'll be following the community health nurses this week.  They go to the villages and weigh the babies and then give vaccinations. 

It took 2 hours to drive from Tamale to Saboba.  We didn't leave Tamale until 1 pm because Bob had several errands to run.  The road to Saboba was paved until we reached Yendi and from there it a was dirt.  I will never again complain about the dirt roads at home.  I think that my spine has been permanently disconnected from my head.  The farther from Tamale we traveled, the more primitive the villages became.  Saboba is a reasonably well developed town.  Several of the roads are paved and there is electicity and running water.  The hospital is within walking distance of the house which is nice.  Nikki (the other volunteer here) showed me around the hospital and I was introduced to several of the nurses.  Things are really slow at the hospital now because Dr. Jean is gone.  I'm curious to see how things will be when she returns.

I also found out that Dr. Jean and Bob will be leaving again on April 12th to travel to another conference on the coast.  So, the last week or so that I'm here I will be traveling Ghana with Nikki.  My time here at the hospital will be short and fast!