Day 22

I found this little one in the back shaving his dad's face for him. I haven't heard him complain or look upset once. Definitely looks bored frequently though. I asked him if he'd want a soccer ball and he said yes, so I'll buy one for him this week. 

Old lady again. I didn't realize that she comes every day. When she was leaving she asked me for food money but I told her I didn't have any on me. I asked her where her kids were and she explained to me in Telugu that I couldn't understand. Her voice was too soft and quiet and it looked like she was about to cry. I wish I could have understood what she said about them because when she came back again I found out that she's the mother of one of the Damien staff members that everyone calls "Chinnabaya" or little boy. He seemed embarrassed when she told me this as he was regauzing the ulcer on her foot. I wanna figure out the story behind this. 

She has some weird tumorous growth under her skin. I asked her what it was but she just told me it started out small, grew really big, and wasn't painful at all. The nurse saw it and couldn't put her finger on the name of it. 

This TB patient is the thinnest I've seen come into the clinic this past month. He was as tall as me and weighed only 30 kg (I weigh exactly 50 kg). His eyes were all glazed over and you could tell he had no clue what was going on. 

This patient came in to see if she has leprosy or neuritis. If she has leprosy, she is eligible for surgery and will be admitted to the inpatient clinic. If she has neuritis, then daily physical therapy will help restore movement in her hands.