Dang It Dengue
The lab results came back today and Rebecca definitely has dengue 🙁 Although it sucks, it’s good to know for sure what is affecting her and how we can treat her and hopefully she’ll be well enough to travel back home on Monday morning as planned! I was also able to take her vital signs
Bye Bye Bamboo House
Today was the last day of our trip and Rebecca still wasn’t feeling any better so we agreed to go back early. Cindy and Sarah decided to go for a hike but I’m far to lazy and susceptible to heat for that so I stayed in my trusty hammock all morning and started to read!!
The Jellyfish Sting
Unfortunately, overnight Rebecca had become very ill so she was unable to enjoy the rest of our beach trip 🙁 While she rested, Sarah, Cindy and I went snorkelling in a variety of places – it was so much fun!! The driver of the boat drove to what looked like pretty much the middle of
Hello Puerto Galera
Monday morning we left at 4:30am to catch a boat to Puerto Galera! Despite the unnatural hour, the roads were (of course) still full of traffic, so we arrived at the docks in time for the 7:30am boat, after a stop for some coffee. Once on the boat, it was still another hour and a
Happy Birthday/Half Way Point
Today Rebecca turned the big two five so today was all about celebrating her birthday!! The first thing we did was go to Starbucks for our morning coffee. When I go to Starbucks and they ask for my name, I tend to say that my name is Sophie because it’s too frustrating to say my
You’ve Just Got To Wait For Labour
Today I was hanging out downstairs in the birthing centre. Last night there were 2 births; one was a postpartum haemorrhage. I wasn’t present at the birth but there was a lot of blood and an emergency Iv was fitted. Apparently, the blood was very heavy (obviously) and then just completely stopped! Haemorrhages tend to
Ambulance Adventure
As the midwives are still away I wasn’t able to go out again this morning however there was still some excitement in the day! We went out for bubble tea around mid-morning, a drink popular in the Philippines which has jelly bead type things in the bottom. It was so bizarre I’m not really sure
Birth Number Five
Many of the midwives are away at a conference over the next few days, so there are only a few left! First of all today the doctor called me over to see a jaundice baby. She explained that it tends to begin in the eyes and the head, and becomes most serious when it reached
Zzzzzzzz
Today I woke up bright and early at 6am, thinking I was going into the community, only to find there was some confusion with my rota. This allowed me to go back to sleep and wake up at a more reasonable hour! I was grateful to have a chilled morning as the last three days
Greenhills
We had another day off today so we went to Greenhills which is a big market place with loads of bargains. We started off in the pearls section and as we were first there we got a lot of bargains but it’s still so cheap – pearl studs cost only 50 pesos which is