Day 15

I caught Kalyani before she had her hair braided. So long and shiny, without conditioner! My hair hasn't grown past my shoulders my entire life. So jealous. She puts coconut oil in it everyday and she's been forcing me to do it too since I forgot to bring conditioner to India. 

The doctors were having trouble figuring out how to treat this guy so Dr. Santosh decided to submit a full case history to expert doctors for their opinion. This guy has only had leprosy for 7 months (which is basically nothing) and has spent a total of 20,000 Rupees (which is the yearly salary of a family living on a dollar a day aka a TON), and has visited 4 different private and governmental clinics trying to find proper treatment. He had trouble understanding the doctor's questions about his previous treatment so his son answered for him. Everyone at the clinic says his son is a super sharp fellow. 

Here are the medicines he is currently taking. 

This little girl has hypopigmentation on her arms and neck so she was referred here. Dr. Santosh said she was just malnourished due to worms living in her gut. 

I'm spending this week in the TB lab. This is where patients come to provide their sputum samples to determine whether their lungs contain the TB bacilli.