GHANA - DAY 16

First shift at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital general surgery department.

Nothing, an argument at Takoradi mall (which I won) and a little progress on my dissertation.

So, my first day in theatres involved being shown around and then a lot of sitting. The orthopaedic surgeon normally in on Mondays is off at the moment, so there was no list. Those that know me will know this won't have sat well. I'm a grafter, they joked about me in A&E because all I wanted to do was work 🤣.
Anyway, the show around was really interesting (and eye opening).
I went straight to the mall after my shift to take a power bank back that wasn't compatible with my phone, and when the manager in the shop was refusing to give my money back, insisting I could only replace it with something, I had to explain that all his alternatives had already been considered when I chose this one initially. My stubbornness paid off and eventually he muttered something like "I'm tired, and you need to go away, I'll give you your money back" 🤣🤣🤣

So I went and bought a sammich and got a bolt back to the house and made a little progress on my literature review... Which is a really good thing because it was starting to really worry me.

Nice dinner, and ice cream and a giggle with the girls outside before retiring for the night... All in all a good day 😀

Apparently there will actually be a list tomorrow, and once I've observed one procedure and been shown what everything is, they'll let me scrub in (how fucked up is that?!! But I'm not complaining 🤣).

The final note of the day... Thanks to my wonderful husband sharing the fundraiser at work and on his extensive LinkedIn network this morning, in a single day the donations more than doubled and we've smashed the target and I'm now planning what is going to be purchased for the A&E department here at the hospital. I couldn't be happier, it's going to make such a difference to both the nurses and doctors as well as the patient outcomes!

Thank you all, from the bottom of my heart for all the support, kind words, encouragement and donations I had from you all in the last year. I am extremely humbled by the generosity and grateful for everything I've received x

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