My intention was really to write almost every day while here in Namibia but with a schoolpaper to write on 2000 words and a reflection I got a little busy and "forgot" about the writing.
Since the bedroom (there is 4 of us in the bedroom) is a quiet zone it is hard to have to time to write before the lights go out around 9pm on weekdays since we get up at 6am most days.
But anyway....since the last time I wrote I have been to Swakopmund for a weekend getaway where the guy that watches the house and looks after us took us there for a weekend. We got to stay in his family´s vacationhome. While we were there I got to skydive for the 2nd time and this time I jumped from a higher altitude, 10 000 feet and what a rush it was. It was the first time for all the other students and they all loved it and some of them are saying they wanna do it again when we go to Cape Town in beginning of December. I also got to drive a quadbike in the desert, climbed a sanddune and got to watch pelicans in Walwis bay.
I am more than halfway through my practical training at the hospital and have seen and experienced a lot while being there. We´re mostly well received but sometimes there are languagebarriers when we either don´t understand or hear what nurses are saying or that some patients only speaks Afrikaans.
I have now been 1 week at Casualty, 1 Weeks at Maternity where I got to watch several births and attend C-sections, 2 weeks at Acute Care (48 % burn patient, motor vehicle accident victim, Lupus, epileptic patient, preeclampsia, jaundince, renal failure, subcutaneous emphysema +++) and 1 week at Operation Theatre with removal of hemorrhoids, breast augementations, cysts, laparoscopy, removal of a uterus and more) We also did the overnight shift this weekend for payday where we got to see cases like stabbing, overdose, car accidents, sick babies and more. So from now on we get to choose what wards we wanna spend our remaining weeks at. Both of our teachers are coming this week so they will visit us at the hospital, we will invite to the house and we will go out to dinner with them.
Overall, most of the weekdays go by with a full day at the hospital, laying by the pool, reading for the upcoming exam, a few trip to the city center for cafes or shopping or cooking dinners together. We have also had a few movienights and a share of parties here at the house. It was OktoberFest this weekend that all the other Norwegian students went to but I decided to stay at house all by myself to enjoy some alone time by the pool listening to music on my ipod. Usually I like to have people around but it does get too intense at times always having 10 people or more around you and sharing room with 3 other students....so the few moments when I am alone are very precious.
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