After noticing that a rather large number of patients have been getting blood transfusions lately, I wandered down to the lab and asked the ...

Jessica I have been in touch with a young lady named Jessica who has spent the last few weeks in Gaza, and I was happy when she gave me a...

 If you have money to blow, we could use a few new incubators  I have been working in the NICU, and during Ramadan most of my shi...

I've been sick again (this time tonsilitis, which I am prone too) and my illness has been causing a few cultural snafus.  Just like the ...

I was talking to some NGO workers the other day, and I learned about the problem in Hebron that involves water. You have probably heard at ...

Beleive it or not, the hospital isn't all dying children and crazy staff. There are good days, too.  The day before I got sick, ...

Been sick for the last 24 hours with some sort of stomach virus that has been going around.  I think that I am finally over the worst of it....

Nabila, my preceptor, hasn't been paid in three months, yet here she is diligently showing how we get a flush As Friday is a Mus...

 Unrelated note, what is up with this picutre? For my first day off, I took a walk into the old city of Hebron. Hebron is unique in th...

I am continuing to work with Salah, the little girl that I spoke about yesterday with the congenital defects.  She is still needed almost co...

Nursing Station Well, I have completed day 2 and 3 of my hospital work. Today was very slow, we didn't have any admissions. I am...

No pictures, I am afraid, I forgot to bring my camera.  I should have some tomarrow. I am hoping that this is just first day jitters, but I...

Well, I finally made it to the hospital. I am in my new room listening to call to prayer. My room faces west and I am able to watch the st...

Made it in!!! I didn't think that I would.  I got into the airport having made a few friends on the plane and was chatting with them in...

Well, the preparations are going slowly, and it turns out that the electronic preperations are much more of a big deal.  As I heard from a f...

It’s Memorial Day, and I have been seeing a lot of the following drivel on Facebook: A normal person has 1,000 wishes. A Soldier only has o...

Well, my next move has been decided, and that move is Palestine.  It was between that and Haiti, actually.  Funny story.  You see, one fine ...

 Third goal: this kid is counting on me Well, it's been about a week since I have been back, and I have found although it'...

Goodbye Haiti, I will miss you! What I have learned: 1. ALWAYS study the language. Learn “it won't hurt” “sit here” at the ver...

Mary Kay had promised had promised Rachel, who ran a local orphanage associated with MTM, that we would test all the kids for anemia. This ...

My roommates made me buy chocolate (Julie, me, Mary Kay, Lynn in back, Kristen and Norma in front) It turns out that that I didn...