Uncatergorized

Like most women here she started labor at home. It was her first. Her husband went away because it is shameful for the nomadic women if their husband hears them cry out in pain during delivery. She had contractions and…

Shanksteps # 132 I knew it was going to be a tough day.   We had just finished a C-section at 2:30AM.  Took a shower and headed to bed.  I drug myself out of bed at 6AM.  I made hot chocolate…

Shanksteps #129 She was there when I arrived at the hospital. She was about 18, lying on her side on her bed. Gaunt eyes looked up at me. I approached and asked how she was doing. She said OK, but…

The sweat beads on my nearly naked body as I lay under my mosquito net. Mosquitoes buzzing around my mosquito net. The power is out in this section of Ndjamena, the capital of Chad. I switch on the ceiling fan…