Health Report

Health Report

In a blog entry a couple of days ago I said that Selita was very ill
with measles. She is doing better although still in "sick bay."
Yesterday I took Isaac to see Dr. Mutali. Isaac is from the same
house as Selita and he seemed to be having some of the same symptoms.
The doctor wasn't sure it was the measles since there is no rash, but
it could be.

By the time I got back from the doctor, the children had come home
from school. Then Benedict ended up taking about 6 to see Dr. Mutali.
Both Moses and Adam have the rash and are in the same household. But
there is lots of sickness going around with coughing. Some of that
may even be very mild form of the measles.

Dr. Mutali said that he had seen other cases of measles in the last
few days. Even some of our students who live in Nyrienda Village and
Liteta have been sick.

Today is National Teacher's Day. Schools are closed and parties are
given for the teachers. In this case it is a good thing to have no
school today since so many kids are not feeling well. The ones who
are healthy are going to go to the school for a while this morning to
clean and do some gardening. Did you ever hear of that happening in
the states? Tomorrow as part of our appreciation of the teacher's, we
will take the teachers to lunch at Ibis Gardens.

A final note, Rose Nyrienda died yesterday. She is one of the sisters
that we bought this land from. She had been sick for some time, heart
problems and then a sore on her leg that wouldn't heal. Rose had
studied nursing in Zimbabwe and England years ago. Her daughters now
live in the U.K.