Hot Water

No, not like we are in trouble, hot water... real genuine hot water!! Last night I got to take a shower with real hot water running down on my body. What a magnificent thing!!! It was a bit of a long day, so that was a great way to end it.

Saturday night before leaving for Kijabe we were finishing last minute packing. As I zipped up my travel bag the zipper broke. Well one of the good things about living in our village is we have an excellent seamstress who lives practically next door to the training center. So yesterday started BEFORE 6AM when we got up to unpack my travel bag, take it to Prisca, get a new zipper, repack the travel bag and load up the car.

Our friend and colleague, Adele, offered to drive us to town where we would catch our bus. As we turned off of the dirt road and onto the main highway something just didn't sound or feel right with the car. When we got to the gas station and William hopped out of the car to see what was going on. We were leaking oil like crazy. We had to add 2 quarts after just driving for 20 minutes. Not a good sign! So we had to turn around, drive back, get another vehicle and start over again.

We finally arrived in town and were able to catch our matatu (over an hour late and it was still there!). It's like an extra big van. All of my past experiences with matatus have been horrible. It seems like you stop every few feet for people to get on and off. And they have always been way overcrowded. But thankfully we were on a direct shuttle trip. So they sell each seat and you stay in the same seat the whole way to your destination. What a concept!!

The road was actually in much better condition than the last time I took it (about 7 months ago). There is this 30 or 40 min stretch where you feel like your teeth are going to rattle out of your head. But once you get through that part it is pretty smooth going. We finally arrived at Kijabe medical center around 5 in the afternoon.

We got checked into the motel and were pleasently surprised to find that there is wireless internet for only $1.50 extra a day. And I was exstatic to find that there was actually hot water in the shower.

When we arrived we got to meet my internet and phone friend, Leann, in real life for the first time. She is an ICU doctor here at Kijabe Mission Hospital. She advised that we get registered right away so that we could avoid the long lines Mon AM. Thank you Leann! It only took about 10 minutes to get the case file. So we should be seeing a doctor for mama this morning. They will be doing a biopsy of her uterus and starting the preperation for her thyroid surgery. We should know in a few days if she needs a hysterectomy or not. If she does then they will do a double whammy surgery.

In the meantime William and I are going to try to duck out to Nairobi at some point to hopefully pick up his passport and get the ball rolling with his visa. I'll keep you posted. As I said before, it looks to be a full week!