On one of our crazy days on lower mulago, we were running off our feet and trying to triage all the labouring women. This girl in a blue flowered dress was labouring away, alone, all day in a middle bed. We kept asking, each of us, what is the deal with the blue flowered dress?
"PG (primagravida), 4 cms"
and we would have to move past her to deal with the 9cms with bulging membranes that continually come through the door. Over and over.
At the end of the day, Carole was finally able to look at her chart and read that she was 15 yrs old. And "single." Carole was so moved, as the mother of a 15 year old boy, to think of her child being in that situation.
Sarah for Carole.
Remember blue flowered dress girl. We will.
Last day in the Netherlands
14 years ago
Sarah, thank you for your many posts...I can tell that it is you writing them before I see your name at the bottom!
ReplyDeleteI will be teaching again for UNBC in the fall so hope to connect with you then!
Praying for the moms, babes, midwives and you!
I'm enjoying hearing about your adventure of a life time! "Wow" doesn't quite convey what you are seeing and doing.
ReplyDelete17 years ago, I laboured in a room beside a 16-year-old girl who was all alone. Completely. That day and the next. I always remember her, just as you will always remember "blue flowered dress girl."
Safe travels home to all of you.
Just going over all your posts now. Been back from our Vietnam adoption trip a week now and have energy to check up on you, Carole! HOLY SMOKES. What you guys are doing is AMAZING! Bless your hearts.
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