Wednesday we went to Prey Ta Chey, the last village for our nutrition research. It was a pretty slow day, but a good way to end the study. We saw about 40 kids, giving us a grand total of 519 kids weighed and measured over the past three weeks. Depending on who has what jobs to do on the boat, we may try to measure kids next week in some new provinces upriver, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I think we have our answers and a plan for the future. Not sure if I can get a publishable paper out of the data, kinda doubt it, but I'll deal with it when I get home. Right now, I'm celebrating.
Kyle, an Irish medical student here for a month, arrived today. He and I and Rick, the boat's dentist, spent the day Thursday trying to track down cassettes, film, lead aprons, and chemicals for the ship's x-ray machine. There's a radiology tech coming next month to train one of the guys on the boat to take x-rays, but it won't do much good without the supplies. All of the medical supply shops in the country are within two blocks of each other, and, like most things in Cambodia, unlike medical supply stores anywhere else in the world. It was definitely an adventure.
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As always, I love the stories. I am sitting in the lounge with Douglas Inciarte and Adam Brosz. Douglas dice "Hola". Adam says "Hhhola" (hard h!) I am on trauma this month...not too bad so far. When do you leave on the boat? Let me know when you get back-I'll cook for you! have a good day! Ab
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