Here are just a few pictures from this weekend. We work 12 hour shifts on the weekend, and since there are no surgeries or new admissions there is often a bit of down time. A few weekends ago I did a little line dancing lesson for the VVF ladies. This weekend it was bowling in the hallways. We have a bunch of little balls of yarn and one of the nurses had the great idea of turning A ward into one big bowling tournament. All the patients lined up in the hallway and bottles of water were filled up just a little bit and place on the floor. It was good fun to watch! Most of the patients were either on crutches or had at least one or two casts on their leg(s) so some had to sit in chairs.
One of the translators did some amazing face painting as well. There were some twin 2 year old boys whose faces he painted and it was SO cute. The boys however are quite afraid of white people...yovos as they call us in the local dialect of Fon. When I would walk near them they would start crying..sometimes even if one of us white nurses would look at them. It was kind of a fun, sick game....take one step near and they cry, one step back and look away they stop. They got much better over the weekend, but it was kinda funny:) Here are some pictures for your viewing enjoyment:)
2 comments:
I love it! This probably is a dumb question, but why are the children afraid of white people?
Yovos, eh? Well I guess you could be called a lot worse. :) I'm working on your requests for the VVF ladies. So you will have more entertainment on the way. Love ya girl!
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