This morning was gorgeous!!! Woke to a really nice email and text which made me smile :) the sun was shining, had amazing homemade pancakes for breakfast, received two Scotland postcards from Mum (I really didnt think they would actually reach me) and hopefully we will be allowed back into Nairobi this week!!! It was all good for a Tuesday morning :) Today I was working in the treatment room with another student nurse called Elizabeth! My pockets were full of l...

Monday morning already, so was back to the nursing malarkey at Karuri Health Centre and back to the sort of nursing Im accustomed too! This week I am working in the treatment room of the health centre with Cecilla a new student nurse!! The room is very basic, and is split into two parts, one half is the area for dressings and the other is for the injections!! I will try and take photos this week so people can actually see what it's like. Theres a bench for peo...

The day of rest :) and that's what I did!! It was the first day of my trip that I actually had no plans! I didn't feel well when I woke, it was strange but felt really breathless and like I was full of the cold. The breathless feeling was scary. I was awake about 8am because of Carielle and Jessica going to the gospel church and to the tea plantation, after they had left I managed to sleep for a wee bit longer. We watched 'social network' film late morning w...

Well it's Saturday and another day back at Mukeu school! It's optional to do volunteer projects at weekends so today there was only Chris, Allyssa, Jess, Sophia and me! The rest were either having a day off or helping at His Image which is the baby orphanage. Our aim today was to handwash all the old sheets and blankets! Chris and Allyssa had already ordered new linen from the market but these blankets hadn't been washed in, goodness knows how long!! It was a b...

Well it's Saturday and another day back at Mukeu school! It's optional to do volunteer projects at weekends so today there was only Chris, Allyssa, Jess, Sophia and me! The rest were either having a day off or helping at His Image which is the baby orphanage. Our aim today was to handwash all the old sheets and blankets! Chris and Allyssa had already ordered new linen from the market but these blankets hadn't been washed in, goodness knows how long!! It was a b...