Another week of crazy cases and good times :)

So much to do, so little time! Kenya continues to be generous with us; the weather has been beautiful, with mostly sunny days and clear skies. We've been able to go on so many amazing hikes (often times just trekking up to very top of the hill), to train for Mount Kenya. Last weekend we explored Hell's Gate, one of the national parks where we saw zebras, warthogs, buffalo and giraffes. And this weekend we hiked Mount Longonot, an inactive volcano that actually has a forest covering the crater floor, ending the day with a refreshing swim at a nearby resort's pool. But in the midst of all this fun, we're also working hard! Almost every day we're seeing challenging and super interesting cases, admixed with routine things as well, which is a great balance. The pathology staff here is awesome, and though we're working with limited supplies (no cassette printer here, we hand-write our own cassettes), we get through pretty well, learn a lot, and have a great time doing it!

 

What sunset and sunrise looks like for us nearly every day.

Family dinner time!

Two incredible ladies we saw on a morning walk balancing bags, suitcases and their babies!

At the top of Mount Longonot; that little girl just casually doing the splits is 6 years old, and this was her 6th time up the mountain with her parents!!!!! I mean, talk about a cool family. PS she was also doing cartwheels up there while everyone else was practically passed out from exhaustion... 

Crater with forest covering the entire floor (the peak behind us is where we hiked to!)

Clinical history provided: Intussusception. We had to call the surgeon and tell him about the florid lymphoma part...

8 year old child with a neck mass--another surprise to us and the clinicians! We favored a salivary gland adenocarcinoma. 

:)

Rouba