I’ve been experimenting more with my photographs in the OR; trying different compositions and techniques. I posted a reflection shot a couple days ago and now have another interesting one that I like a lot. Heidi told me it might gross some people out since you can see an enlarged, bloody prostate in the shot. […]
Faces from a Funeral
On Wednesday I attended a funeral in the village of Gbandu with Elizabeth Faile. Going to events like this with someone who speaks the language and is a guest of honor is a huge break for me. Once I have been introduced as a friend I’m no longer just some random white guy snapping pictures […]
Heidi’s Patient Last Seen at Funeral
Late this afternoon I went to a funeral in a village about 20 minutes away (more about that later). When I came back I was showing Heidi my photos and she stopped me on one and said “Wait a minute! I saw that guy this morning at clinic!” Apparently, she gave him the right medicine […]
Harmattan is Here
Harmattan is the name of the dry season in West Africa. It gets its name from the winds that blow south from the Sahara Desert bringing with them fine particles of dust and sand. With no rain to settle the dust it fills the air. You can see it, you can smell it, you can […]
Photo of the Day – By Heidi!
I took the afternoon off yesterday and went hiking with Elizabeth Faile and William. I got my hands on the camera for the first time in a long while and took some photos. William told me this shot was worthy to be “photo of the day.” In it you can see the haze and red […]
Spinal Anesthesia
Most surgical procedures at the BMC are done under either spinal anesthesia or with the use of ketamine (a dissociative anesthetic which blocks the connection between one’s consciousness and the pain). Rarely is a patient put under general anesthesia. Giving a patient spinal anesthesia is the same basic process as doing a lumbar puncture (aka […]
Photo of the Day
I posted an interview a couple weeks ago with Kathy Van Bibber who volunteered as a music teacher at a local primary school. She worked at the Happy Child Learning Center most of the time but also spent some time at St. Patrick’s School, another primary school in town. This photo was taken at the […]
Cephalopelvic Disproportion (w/ slideshow)
This past week, a young first time mom had been laboring for a long time without any progress. She was a small-framed woman and finally it was determined that she had a cephalopelvic disproportion, meaning that the baby’s head was too big to pass through the mom’s pelvis. I scrubbed in acting as scrub-tech and […]
A Message from God
PEOPLE… Don’t Spoil My Name.