High fives and heartache: adventures in pediatric global health

I am sitting in SFO right now waiting for my delayed flight. A flight that starts the long journey back to Malawi.  I thought about writing ...

Things have been a little less dismal since my last post.  I have continued in the special care ward.  It seems Wednesdays are the worst. I ...

This week was long and tiring.  I was in the HDU (high dependency unit) all week. Picture an ICU but then take out all the monitors and equi...

Over the past 10 days or so, we have only had power about 50% of the time (maybe less…). I was expecting outages here and there for a few h...

Ahhhhhhhh! Made it through week one. I went to the hospital for the first time on Monday and got shown around to all the pediatric unit...

So first, this happened: Peace Corps official! We famous! Then, I finally made it to Blantyre! But a quick recap first... Last...

Whew, so now that you are super concerned about me and my mental health, this post is to reassure you that everything worked out.  Well, s...