tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27455532975779445382024-03-12T20:13:13.218-07:00PTgypsyFernweh; a crave of travel; a longing to be where you've never beenSierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-1140131357747291442019-05-26T07:20:00.000-07:002019-05-27T04:40:12.285-07:00Charity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hi Friends! We only have a week left of this field service and our last surgery was on Friday. While it is sad that our time here is coming to an end, it has been fun to reflect on the many happy experiences and surgeries that have been performed. In the rehab tent, we mostly work with patients with orthopedic and plastic surgeries to regain motion of stiff and unused joints. Sometimes we get the honor of working with some of the maxillofacial patients to help with scar management and work on jaw mobility. </div>
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The patient below is named Charity and she is the sweetest woman with the most precious giggle. I love how even in some of the pre-surgical photos you can tell she's smiling. Charity had a large facial tumor, she needed surgery to save her life because the tumor will grow so large it will push her tongue backwards and obstruct her airway. Charity is from Ghana and an NGO named <a href="https://www.facebook.com/varasghana/" target="_blank">VARAS </a>fund raised to get her to Mercy Ships for surgery. The man from VARAS who brought Charity was named Sylvester. I was so impressed with him because he was with Charity for months while she received treatment with Mercy Ships. What a selfless act, to fundraise and accompany someone through this journey. Many people have a family member come but Sylvester has only just met Charity. </div>
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I treated Charity after surgery, we worked on using her jaw muscles to chew and talk functionally. Her tumor was so large her jaw didn't move much before her surgery and her muscles were very stretched out. After working on jaw exercises we taught her how to massage her scar, and gave her a chin strap to apply pressure to her scar to manage her scar growth. On her last day we did a discharge dance for her, initially she didn't want to dance so I asked if I could dance for her and she obliged. Once the music(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0" target="_blank">WAKA WAKA</a>) started playing she danced and giggled the entire time, it was so sweet(it's not a sound I will soon forget). I love to ask what people are most excited about when they return home. She said she was so excited to see her children and Sylvester was excited to see his mother. I recently saw a photo of Charity on the VARAS Facebook page, she has returned home and was wearing her pressure garment in the photo! Woohoo! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Many of the patients that have large tumors hide their faces with fabric.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love how you can see her big smile in this photo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love watching the patients look at themselves after surgery.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love how much joy Sylvester exudes seeing Charity healed.</td></tr>
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One of my favorite experiences from Cameroon was the Women's dress ceremony, so I made sure that I came so as many as I could here in Guinea. The ceremony celebrates the women who have had surgery for vaginal fistulas. Many of these women have had fistulas for years, sometimes decades. They leak urine and/or feces constantly and are often shunned from their community. I sobbed during this dress ceremony. One woman would not stop dancing and in her testimony she admitted that she was not completely healed, but she could dance because this was the first time in twenty years she had been loved. She was dancing because she was loved, and had conversation with other women and Mercy Ships staff. She kept mentioning that she hadn't mingled in decades and she was just so happy to have relationships and be loved. I am getting choked up again typing, I can't imagine that type of loneliness. The nursing staff deserves all the credit, they love these women fiercely. You walk by the ward and busy nurses are taking the time to sit with, cuddle, and pray for these women. During the ceremony we get to dance with the women in their new dresses and each woman gives their testimony. After the testimonies each woman is given a going away self care kit. The chaplaincy team calls out someone to give each woman a gift. It is always a surprise who will be called, honestly I think they just look for someone whose name they know :). I got to go up and give the gift, pray with, and hug the woman whose testimony I shared above. What an honor.<br />
My friend Kelly is a nurse on board and writes a great<a href="https://kelly4mercy.wordpress.com/2019/04/27/7-lines-and-25-words/?fbclid=IwAR2JavIusdY6rHfH2Lgc6Io8Ql3Q3Dj_1mB5Pb2N5Id9K-lDWyHkoH3PktY" target="_blank"> blog </a>and recently wrote a wonderful, raw, truthful account of working with the fistula patients, if you'd like to learn more.<br />
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Our rehab tent came down last week and all of our patients have been discharged so we've been scrounging up work in different departments on board. This week I have poured coffee, counted pills, and put together first aid kits. It has been fun to see the different roles on board and see how each part makes this hospital function. One thing I love about Mercy Ships is that every person tries to relay the importance of every team member. Every one is an important cog in the wheel, and every is needed to make this work. I have been feeling so nostalgic and really thinking about the last three months here. I remember each patient giggle, hug, and cry. I think about the friends I have made and the tears, dance parties, moto rides, conversations, and the many many laughs we've shared. I can't help but feel so lucky, so blessed, and so privileged. I often wonder how I've been so blessed to have the life I do. I don't know what is next but I this experience won't be soon forgotten! <br />
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Just wanted to share some of my photos of the friendly faces I get to share this experience with!<br />
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<br />Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-73279141645187872942019-05-02T13:19:00.001-07:002019-05-05T08:36:59.379-07:00SO much LOVE!I have been SO bad at blogging since I've been here! I really need to be better because I know people enjoy reading about my experience but also because I want to document my time so I'll remember. I have had such an amazing time here in Guinea. The people are amazing! When I think back about my last two months, I just remember the love. I have felt so much love! From the patients, the day crew, the team, and awesome group of friends. Just so much love.<br />
I have had so many incredibly strong and brave patients, that have each come with a different story and I feel so blessed to be a small part of their story and experience here at Mercy Ships.<br />
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I just found photos of one of my favorite friends, Drissa. He is such a sweet boy, and SO much fun. He brings joy and laughter wherever he goes! Drissa had a surgery to release scar tissue from his neck for better range of motion and use of his neck. He didn't need much physical therapy but I'm glad I got the short time with him I did!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drissa before surgery.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at that grin! It never left his face. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Checking out his reflection after wound care.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fitting Drissa for a pressure garment </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hold still!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Checking to make sure the pressure garments haven't irritated his skin.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going home!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such a joy to work with this guy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SO happy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drissa with papa </td></tr>
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The good news is that Drissa's surgery was a success. The bad news is that all of our patients are going home! It is SO sad! My two favorite girls went home within the last week, I am so happy for them but goodbyes are so difficult when you know they are forever. They both had surgery to release burn contractures for more functional use of their arms and are doing so well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Makoura, Mami, and their mothers with the rehab team and their favorite nurse.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Makoura! Fato means silly or crazy in her language, so I called her Makoura Fato and I became Cece Fato.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saran-the hardest working, strongest, bravest gal I know. </td></tr>
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I have had many more amazing experiences, on and off the ship.<br />
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We celebrated Easter last weekend and it was such a great experience. Holidays on board are so amazing; every culture, nationality, and denomination is celebrated. We were able to attend communion, a foot washing station, a Seder meal, Tenebrae good Friday service, Sunday morning sunrise service and a full service later Sunday morning after coffee and pastries.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seder Meal with a historically Jewish Passover meal setup</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tenebrae service</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise service</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Serving Pastries after sunrise service</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Easter with my great friends!</td></tr>
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I haven been so excited about the blood donation program here on Mercy Ships. We don't have access to any blood banks so the crew is the blood bank! When blood is needed the crew with the matching blood type is called to the lab to donate. I wasn't able to donate in Cameroon because I got a parasite but my blood was needed this time! I was asked to give blood late last Friday night for an emergency surgery because my blood type matched the patient O-!! Well, turns out I'm an O+ and it wasn't used for that patient. But someone else will need it!</div>
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We also ran a 5K, in matching singlets provided by the race with our race numbers individually printed on them. The petrol station Total, offered to sponsor all of us so we didn't have to pay to participate. A few of my friends ran 12k or 21k, but I barely finished the 5k, the African heat/humidity combined with low blood cells made for a poor runner!</div>
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Just as I did last year, I have over purchased fabric and have been visiting numerous tailors for some new outfits :)<br />
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Anyway, I'm sure you're tired of reading! I have more patient stories to come!! I'm so grateful and amazed by this experience. I'm SO glad I'm here!</div>
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Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-25217888702552278512019-03-31T11:55:00.005-07:002019-03-31T13:44:34.555-07:00Week 5-Home sweet Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What have I been doing the last month? I don't know! I had to look through my pictures to remind myself! I know I joked about Guinea being my home in my last blog, but returning to the ship/Africa really has felt like coming home. I have felt so comfortable and at ease being here and time has really flown by...five weeks have passed and this is my first blog since my arrival! SO sorry! My weeks have been spent with the SWEETEST patients and the fun rehab team, and my weekends are full of adventure!</div>
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I went through orientation with a PT from New Zealand, and an RN from California. They have been my adventure buddies and we have SO much fun together. </div>
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Last Saturday we took a boat to Kassa Island. The process of getting on/off the boat is the worst part but once on the island we had a delightful time. We usually walk to the port with all the boats and someone offers to take us, we haggle until we get a desirable price, sign out in the port manifesto, pay our entry fee to the islands(60 cents), and get on the boat to go. This time we walked to our spot on the port then proceeded to take our seats in this tiny boat in the middle of the big pirogies. The boat was really tiny and the waves were a little higher than usual, so we were careful not to rock the boat and didn't move for most of the ride-other than to laugh and plan our "in case our boat capsizes" plan. The other passengers even dug around to find life jackets and put them on. </div>
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The island was beautiful! Tried-colored sand, huge Mango trees for shade and exactly three loungers that were unoccupied :) It was delightful.</div>
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On our way home the tide had gone out and we had to get out of our boat 200 meters from the pier. These men came rushing over to help us and were trying to pull us out of the boat and carry us. With a little struggle and several "NO's" we managed to get out and walk ourselves, only to be passed by the men carrying the other passengers. Gross water but hilarious story. </div>
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Sunday we had a lazy day at a hotel pool here in Conakry. Another tres bon day!<br />
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Monday I had the opportunity to go to a plastic surgery center in Conakry with the medical capacity building team. The wound care RN taught nutrition and wound debriding, I know the information was for the employees but I enjoyed learning about it as well. We discussed positioning for burn healing, to avoid scar tissue causing contractures. Next Monday I get to return to help teach them splinting with plaster.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Team lunch with matching headbands</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love these weirdos! This one is my fave! Captures the essence of the rehab team ๐ </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Koliรฉ and Alice's birthday celebration</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my sweet patients, Mohamed(Grande) and his mamma the best hugger ...in.the.world</td></tr>
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A lot of the plastics patients are well enough to go home! It's a bit of mixed emotions, we are so happy for them but also so sad. After spending weeks with the patient's and their caregivers, it feels like you're losing a friend. We had a few discharges this week and we had some tears but luckily it was mostly a fun time of celebration! My favorite part of the discharge paper work is the quality of life survey. We ask "how has this surgery changed your life?" The answers become the reason why we're all here. "People won't walk on the other side of the street from me" "I don't have constant headaches" "Now hopefully I can go to school." "I can play with the other kids" "People won't think I'm cursed" The past therapists came up with a dance to go with the Shakira song "Waka Waka" and this is what we play for our discharge dances. So instead of saying "you get to go home tomorrow" we say Waka Waka tomorrow! Jess told Kadiatou that she was going to Waka Waka and I thought Kadiatou was going to jump out of her dress in excitement!<br />
This weekend I got to go to the agricultural Food For Life program graduation in Kindia. Mercy Ships has an agricultural program that teaches locals how to grow sustainable crops without the use of chemicals, and encouraging use of natural homemade compost. The purpose of this program is to improve the nutrition of the country. Some of the pathologies we see on the ship could be decreased with better nutrition to start. This weekend the participants, from all over Guinea, have graduated and will now take their knowledge of farming back to their communities. The Food For Life program is in Kindia, and is only 130 km away but it took us about 4.5 hours to get there. The roads once you're outside of Conakry are two lanes and very run down, with massive potholes every 10-20'. The last 25 km were on a dirt road, it was so nice to see the country of Guinea, it is so beautiful. My favorite part of the drive was seeing how and where people live. My second favorite was watching: 1. how people drive on the bumpy roads 2. how many people were literally crammed into a car 3. How much stuff and/or people were on top of the cars. I tried to take pictures of my favorites.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cute little huts along the way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It never ceases to amaze me how strong African women are- this mamma is carrying a baby on her back and has a gigantic bowl of all of her washing on her head. The oldest son also had a pretty big bowl, and the little girl had a job too :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The main house of the program had every color of bougainvillea imaginable, it was so pretty. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were hundreds of Mango trees on the way all with varying degrees of ripeness depending on the altitude </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is actually very minimal compared to some we saw</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was hard to get a photo but this car had two chickens and a goat on the roof... all alive. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I really get a kick out of the scaffolding here. Terrifying. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pit stop-same place on the way back. </td></tr>
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There wasn't any accommodation in Kindia for Saturday night so we came most of the way back to Conakry and stayed at a little hotel in Coyah, We stayed in cute little huts with tie die bedspreads. They must've know I was coming! My friend gave me a silk cocoon sleeping bag liner last year when she left the ship and I was SO glad I had it last night!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a small creek beside the grounds, but we've heard its a river during wet season. </td></tr>
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This week the women's health surgeries started and with the way the surgery schedule is this year we will have time to work with the women! I am SO happy we get to be part of their story. I wrote a <a href="https://ptgypsy.blogspot.com/2018/01/where-has-time-gonemy-puzzle.html" target="_blank">blog </a>about the women's health dress ceremony and how incredible it was last year and I feel so blessed to get to hear their stories and help in any way with their healing.<br />
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I wish I could remember more but the weeks have blurred together! I just feel SO blessed and lucky to be here. I am so thankful for this experience and these precious patients.<br />
Meanwhile, I'll just be here eating my weight in Mangoes :)<br />
Much love friends!<br />
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<br />Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-18157129339706049492019-03-03T07:19:00.001-08:002019-03-03T08:39:03.854-08:00Week One Guinea<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">I love it here already!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">I'm HERE!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I worked with Tracey in Cameroon and she left the day I arrived but we got to wave at each other at the airport.</td></tr>
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I arrived in Guinea on Sunday, thankfully I arrived around dinner time so I could eat a sandwich and go to bed. I woke up Monday morning and did a short orientation and spent my first afternoon in the rehab tent. Everyone in rehab is new to me, but they sure are great! My favorite part of my first week was meeting the rehab team and working with such wonderful therapists. We have such an intelligent, skilled, hardworking, and fabulous team! Unfortunately two PT's left on Saturday, and two more leave this Saturday so the rehab team will be completely different next Monday! The women on the team have been so welcoming and inclusive and took us out several times. I'm so sad I only get 1-2 weeks with them!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the Rehab Gals</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">With the Ghurkas, some of my favorite people from Cameroon. </td></tr>
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The rehab tent has been so fun, the ortho kiddos are almost discharged and we are beginning to see the plastics patients. There are SO many fun/cheeky/energetic/sweet/kind people here!<br />
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The location of Mercy Ships in the port makes it really easy to leave the ship and walk into town. So we have already left the ship several times. Last year the ship was so far within the port that we had to ride a shuttle out of the port and then take a taxi, so we rarely left the boat.<br />
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Wednesday night we went on adventure and had dinner out as a team. Per the usual, the traffic was unpredictable so we went to a nice little Italian place. Thursday night I went for a walk with a few girls that I met at orientation and tried to navigate Conakry. We made it out and about and saw some of our temporary home, but then hurried back to the ship to make it in time for dinner.<br />
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Friday night we went to an African dance class, with live drumming at the cultural center. It was SO fun! I was horrible at it, but it was a great workout and my calves were a bit sore the next day. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">In the Taxi on the way back from African Dance class, there were 7 of us in one taxi...when in Africa :) </td></tr>
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Saturday I went on an adventure to Roume Island with 3 other girls from the ship. We took a Pirogi over and the driver stayed on the island with us until four, when we were ready to return. Another group of Mercy Shippers had gone to a few islands and ended at Roume, they left before us but broke down so our boat had to try to tow them back. We towed them about half way then left them off the coast of Cassa Island. They had to wait until another boat came to rescue them. It was quite funny, and so typically Africa. Roume was beautiful and the people were so kind and sweet. The kids in Guinea are so gregarious, wanting to make friends with everyone. They all yell "Fotรฉ" when you walk by(Fotรฉ means white).We made friends with several people on the island, bought some local crafts, and even found two guys that had lived in the US.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map of the Island</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our friends on Roume, excellent craftsmen. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Lunch with the girls after a swim.</td></tr>
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Last year, I narrowly missed Mango season, but i'm here in prime mango season this year and I couldn't be happier :)</div>
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The languages here are even more difficult than in Cameroon. There are so many more languages, and I'm excited to learn as many new words as I can.<br />
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I am so excited for my time here in Guinea, I miss the good friends I met last year, but this time has been so incredible already.<br />
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<br />Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-1185059646665004882018-12-30T20:03:00.000-08:002019-02-08T05:28:36.222-08:00I'm going home!<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is basically a really long blog to tell you that I'm going back to Africa and to say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!!!! I will be serving with Mercy Ships again, this time the boat will be in Conakry, Guinea. I am excited to return and meet new friends and see some familiar faces! I leave February 23rd and return June 2nd. I am currently working in Houston until about February 10th, then I'll travel the US seeing friends and family before I go. It's a little too early to plan a job for when I return, so I will likely fly back to the US and figure it out then!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I stay in contact with my favorite friend, from Cameroon, Zidane and his Papa via WhatsApp. His dad sent me this picture last week. It was the greatest Christmas surprise! He has grown SO much! Of course, I'm sad he doesn't have his cheeky Zidane smile but it made my day! I sure miss him!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Once again, I have saved up over the past year and I plan to cover the costs of my trip but I know people want to help so I've set up a funding page </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">again! </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Last year my friends and family donated enough money to cover my crew fees, I can't thank them enough! </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">As this is a volunteer commitment I am responsible for my flight, medications/vaccinations, and crew fees while aboard. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Anything will help offset my costs to go serve the people of Guinea! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The website is </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://mercyships-us.donorpages.com/crewmates/SierraStout">https://mercyships-us.donorpages.com/crewmates/SierraStout</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first Christmas with my family in three years! But I sure did miss the festivities aboard the ship!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The title of this blog is actually a joke because I recently did 23andMe genetic testing. If you are unfamiliar with 23and Me, it's a really cool process. They mail you a test tube, you spit in it and mail it back to them. Once they have it they test you for over 50 genetic abnormalities that would potentially lead to diseases(Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, The BRCA breast cancer gene, muscular dystrophy, etc). Luckily, I do not have any of the genetic factors for the previous pathologies. They also test your DNA for your ancestral heritage. No surprises here, I'm 99.7% European, but there is a teeny tiny .1% of my DNA that has been traced back to Senegal/Guinea! </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Therefore, my .1% is going home! I included some of the screen shots of my ancestry DNA information if you're curious what the other percentages are!</span><br />
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Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-66349321813174030662018-02-07T11:13:00.001-08:002018-02-07T21:26:59.352-08:00I hate goodbyes!I'm not sure what I expected leaving the ship to be like, but definitely didn't expect the goodbyes to be THIS hard.<br />
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Over the years as a travel therapist I have said good bye hundreds of times. I've gotten pretty good at good bye, but because I also stay in touch with a lot of people I know its not goodbye it's "See you Later".<br />
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I think that's what makes this goodbye particularly difficult, I know it's Goodbye...like forever. Goodbye, not see you later. Finite<br />
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I think that being in rehab we have the best job in the hospital. We see the patients from before surgery, throughout their recovery, then we get to see them 1:1 in rehab, and we are usually the last ones to see them before they leave the hospital. Getting this much time with our patients gives us the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with them over the course of their treatment. All of this time and these sweet relationships that develop make saying goodbye an arduous task.<br />
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I started to tell patients that I'm leaving last week, I've cried tears thinking about leaving but I wasn't prepared for the tears others have shed over my departure! I feel so loved! I'd forgotten that this must be difficult for them too. Building relationships and seeing so many crew go home, all the while yearning to go home themselves.<br />
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I think for my last blog while in Africa I will reminisce about the amazing things I will miss!<br />
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I will miss my patients! This week I had an extra day off so I got to go to the Hope Center to craft and dance with the kids. It was so fun to be able to just sit and enjoy them vs. making them work or working on them! We sang Bumbalea, heard a Bible story, and did a craft to go with the story. I'm so thankful for this extra time with my adorable little kiddos!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh man, check out how hard Zidane is laughing!! Love that guys laugh</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Hold somebody, tell them that you love them, put your hands together, and praise the Lord"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I hope that the love this gal has felt here, has changed her for a lifetime.<br />
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I will miss opportunities to volunteer, and get involved in the Mercy Ships ministries. My last weekend here I signed up to go to the New Destiny orphanage again, what a change in 2 months! The kids clothes were new, they all had good shoes, they all looked taller/healthier, I'm so grateful for the people of Mercy Ships supporting these children. They are almost done with building a new home for everyone, once it's done they'll be able to live rent free!! We heard this weekend that their building should be done before Mercy Ships leaves Cameroon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matis speaks English and was really proud of his school work!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teaching Matis how to take a selfie, valuable life skill</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teaching the boys some new moves ๐ ๐</td></tr>
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I will miss these beautiful friends! We've started a tradition(for the last month) of getting schawarmas for lunch on Saturday. We went to the craft market then got lunch as a group, it was delicious. We'll probably go twice before we go too!<br />
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I will miss being a part of this inspiring life saving hospital. Before I go I want to share some incredible before and after photos of some patients I got to interact with! They weren't rehab patients but the pictures demonstrate a bigger picture of what Mercy Ships does. I want people who have supported me along the way to be proud of their contributions because it has literally saved lives. Tonight I went to an inservice and Dr. Parker, who has a ton of great quotes, said "Don't do this operation unless you have the Africa Mercy with you." This is such a true quote-this ship does AMAZING things :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Djenabou Before</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Paul a cleft lip patient, had to work with the infant feeding program for quite sometime prior to surgery to increase his weight for surgery. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul after surgery, whoaaaa look at that fat baby!! SO cute- hard to believe its the same child!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite little friend Ousmane went to the Hope Center last week, I have seen him in the rehab tent almost every day since then and he is getting SO much better!! He's almost ready to go home and is a changed boy!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just learned this week that my favorite baby Marimou is being re-admitted. Pray for this sweet baby as she is re-admitted, that if surgery is an option she will thrive!</td></tr>
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I am excited to go home but I will miss this place! I have had the joy of working with extremely talented/God fearing surgeons, wonderful/loving/caring nurses, and an incredible/fun/loving rehab team! The purpose, the patients, and the people! I love working with likeminded loving professionals, what an easy work atmosphere! I think it will be a shock to return to western medicine/working with people with various personalities, away from the Mercy Ships love bubble. </div>
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The last thing I will miss is the daily language learning! I committed to learning a french word a day, I'm not sure if I know 120 French words but I gave it my best effort! And I learned so many words in tribal languages along the way, all taught to me by patients! I've had an ongoing list of words in my phone I want to share, you never know when you might need to know Fulfulde, Bamoun, or Mafa :) I have no idea how they're actually spelled but I spelled them phonetically on my list so I would remember how to say them.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Aboo-ey: POOP </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">AFuutie: fart </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Asilly: Pee</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Adanina: sleep </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lumo: walk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Usoko: thank you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Saiyeso: Later </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bow ojay: good bye </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Me eed demah: I love you </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Useku: shoe </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Budum: good job</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Poutsana: how are you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pokari: all is well </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oโyama: good morning </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mushashu: salut </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Poket lienju: have a good day </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Poshina: bye </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sayama: bye </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Baling guy A: good morning </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">amba: good job </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">How are you: Kan Sa ging AY </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I learned this one because a child fell in therapy the other day and about 4 adults turned and said-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ah-see-ya: itโs ok </span></div>
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Goodbye for now!! I'll be back in Guinea!</div>
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Right now I miss all of you at home! I can't wait to see you all!</div>
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I fly out Saturday evening and I arrive back in the US Sunday and 2:20 PM :) So happy to see my sisters and their families! </div>
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Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-3034067028179196842018-01-24T12:29:00.001-08:002018-02-07T11:25:39.384-08:00Twin Lakes of MuanengubaSO many of our patients are progressing and going home! It's so exciting for them! When they get discharged we sing songs and do a discharge dance the last day. Recently we discharged Maeva! I've written about her before, she had a burn contracture of her foot and just wanted to wear pretty shoes! She got her wish- I think she wore a different pair of cute shoes each time I saw her last week. It's such a blessing to watch them go through their surgeries and healing process. They are with us so long that they grow up before our eyes! Maeva has lost teeth, grown new ones, and she seems to have grown so much taller! I sure will miss her!<br />
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This Past weekend four friends and I went on a weekend trip to hike the twin crater lakes of Muanenguba. We took a car service to Nkongsamba, then drove a little further up to Villa Luciole. The villas were so cute! We were given the option to stay in the main house or in a traditional little hut. We obviously chose the hut!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hut across the path</td></tr>
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The Villa cooked us dinner, then we headed to bed. The next morning we woke up early and hiked into the crater. It was so beautiful! We hiked through small villages, lush fruit and coffee farms, through goat shepherd's fields, through the jungle, then finally to the edge of the crater!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise on the way up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">small village on the way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Through some corn fields</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Someone's pet goat. Oh HI friend</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The twin peaks of Mount Muanenguba</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Really remote school yard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goats!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cookie break!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was called the doorway to the stars, it was a hole in a tree in the jungle. It was close to the border between the Littoral and South West regions of Cameroon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terraced hills along the way.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a breather!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jungle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Resting at the edge of the crater. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The edge of the crater<br />
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Once at the edge of the crater we ate lunch. Then walked to the twin lakes in the middle of the crater. The middle of the crater was mostly barren grasslands and it was HOT!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panorama of the two craters</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female lake</td></tr>
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We hiked to this little hut where we took pictures and met some of the local people who live in the crater.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Us with our guide Alain, there were so many twists and turns we would've never made it without him.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alain with the local guys</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I convinced the local guys to take a jumping photo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I realized when I took this photo that these kids aren't used to having their photo taken so they don't know what to do! </td></tr>
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This week I printed off these photos and laminated them. My roommate on the ship is going to do this same hike next weekend and she said she would take them their photos! So much better than getting a carrier pigeon to drop them.<br />
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We went to bed early that night after HOT showers, what a luxury! We woke up the next morning to go home and stopped at Ekom Falls on the way home. It was the filming location of Tarzan. It is dry season but still so beautiful, and since it was dry season we were able to get pretty close to the falls without getting drenched. </div>
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We got home early in the afternoon after a crazy car ride home! The drivers here don't follow any rules and seem to think that oncoming traffic is merely an inconvenience.<br />
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One of the rehab day crew is leaving Douala to return to school to finish her nursing degree. I'm extremely happy for her but she will be missed! Tonight we went out to ice-cream tonight as a farewell to Cristabelle.<br />
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Only two short weeks left. Geez how time has flown. I'm not ready to leave yet, but I do miss my family and friends and I'm excited to see them again!!</div>
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I've been here two months and the sadness of only having 4 weeks left here is slowly creeping up on me!</div>
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I missed a week of updates because it has been slow here and I felt like I didn't have much to share!</div>
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There hasn't been any plastic surgery since before Christmas, and slowly all of the kids from the ward are going to the Hope Center. We only have about 4 kiddos left but plastic surgery operations will resume on January 20th so it will quickly get busy. I went to the Hope center for church today and I met a few of the women awaiting surgery! One of them just had a baby 6 days ago, what a doll! Can't wait to get ALL the snuggles once her mom is admitted! </div>
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One of my favorite experiences last week was going to the dress ceremony. The dress ceremony is a graduation ceremony for all of the women who have had surgery to repair obstetric fistulas from complicated births. These complications could be avoided with a C-section, but since a lot of people in Africa don't have access to medical care, they labor for days and finally vaginally deliver with infant mortality, severe complications, and tearing. I can't even imagine the pain they have endured. A lot of these women have leaked urine/feces for years. At the dress ceremony the women all wear new dresses and they looked absolutely stunning! Chaplaincy led several songs and the women danced and sang. As they were dancing I got a little choked up thinking about the last time these women were able to dance without fear of leaking. It was pure joy to watch! The women spoke either English, French, or Fulfulde and every story was translated into the other two languages each time. Every woman got 2 minutes to tell their stories-they went something like this: "I have suffered for 2, 6, 9, 12, 14, 28 years" "My child had died by the time he was delivered""I don't have any living children" "I have had 1,2,3 previous surgeries without any help." "I was an outcast" and they all ended the same way- in such happiness to reveal that they were no longer leaking and their fistula had been healed! With the significant medical history, some of the women weren't completely healed but wanted to come to the dress ceremony anyway. It is sad that not everyone is able to leave completely healed, but it is also so refreshing to see someone SO grateful to the medical team for their care. And I am so happy for the women who have been healed. I can't wait for them to return to their villages and communities healed! Below are some photos of the women dancing at the beginning of the ceremony. </div>
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I haven't been the greatest at taking photos this week but one of the photographers took this photo with my favorite patient and mamma earlier this week. This week Marimou(the little girl I've been calling Kari) started calling me Mamma Sisi. I learned that in Fulfulde mom or Mommy is "NeNe" and that Mamma is what they call grandmas. Through broken english, broken french, and some fulfulde words I learned the difference between Nene and Mamma. Once I realized what she was trying to say I realized that she was calling me Marimou's grandma! Which *technically* is possible. The mother is 18, and had Marimou at 16, and I'm 16 years older than her Mamma. But still FAR from being a grandma ๐ Anyway, some Chaplaincy team members and nurses overheard Marimou call me this on the dock/ward this week and now they call me Mamma Sisi as well. Usually mamma is reserved for women my mom's age that also have their own children, and I'm usually called Tantine Sisi (which I think of as auntie). Not a mamma yet but I'll take it as a compliment. </div>
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I'm not quite sure what I did in my spare time until two weeks ago. But we've done about a million puzzles since then! It started with just Chelsea and I, and we've slowly accrued quite the puzzling group!<br />
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We went to the flower market both last weekend and this weekend to drop our fabric at at local tailor. I also shopped around for Souvenirs and learned to bargain. A phrase I picked up from my best friend Lauren is "Get outta here" and I started saying that when they would offer me a price. They would laugh and I would laugh, then I would stick to my price and get the products for the price I wanted. This guy kept saying "Pffff, just give me the money, give it." It was actually kinda fun and I bought more things that I had money and had to borrow from my friend Chelsea.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wish I had room for it all!</td></tr>
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My friend Chelsea and I both had pants made at the Flower market. Then one of my friends, named Christiane, offered to take us to her friend Violin's aunt who is tailor to have some dresses made. Both Violin and Christiane are from Cameroon and bilingual so I felt comfortable going places with them. We had fun seeing the local community and getting to spend some time away from work with the crew. What great gals! So I dropped off 21 yards of fabric and I'm having 6 items made, a bit much? Absolutely, but we're just trying to support the local economy ๐. She said we could come pick it up this next weekend but we're going to the Twin Crater Lakes for a weekend away. So we have to wait until the following week, I can't wait to see it all!<br />
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We only have three weekends left and I'm trying to pack in as much as I can in my time remaining here. We are going away for the weekend to the twin crater lakes to hike, swim, and stay in a villa. I can't wait!<br />
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Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-32570583147125428442018-01-01T05:55:00.000-08:002018-02-07T11:27:48.190-08:00What was your favorite memory of 2017?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I know the real reason you guys read my blog is to hear about patient updates so I'll start there! Julienne is a 13 yo girl with an encephalocele. Julienne's encephalocele was in her frontal/facial bones, creating the mass in the first picture. That mass is actually brain matter and cerebrospinal fluid out side of the skull. An encephalocele is a congenital defect in the skull that allows brain matter to escape the skull. As you can imagine, this is very dangerous and needs to be fixed immediately. My first two weeks here I had the joy of attending two inservices about Encephalocele operations and I learned so much! At the inservice Dr. Parker explained that in 25+ years he has never seen an encephalocele in an adult, which leads him to believe that they usually die young due to brain trauma or infection. The surgeons take out the whole frontal bone, reshape it, then take out a sliver of bone between the eyes to narrow the eyes, and they use that bone to create a nasal bone and to correct the boney defect to protect the brain. Julienne was my patient right after her surgery because she couldn't walk due to the inevitable post-op symptoms. She was dizzy, had a headache, and had pretty bad balance. We worked together for about a week, starting with sitting at the edge of bed and finally graduating by climbing the 4 flights of stairs to deck 7! I honestly didn't expect her to remember me because I saw her so close to her surgery but every time I see her she jumps up to hug me! She is so sweet and I am so excited for her! My favorite part of these surgeries is the change in the patient. She is much more confident and loves her new face! I got to see her at the Hope Center Christmas Eve service and we sat together. Later that day the patients and caregivers were given Christmas presents. Every woman was given 6 yards of fabric, and all the kids were given toys and a pair of chones. I didn't get to go on the gift trip to the Hope Center but I took some photos from the share drive of the kids that I know getting their gifts. Later in the week I asked the children about their cadeaux(gift) and they were SO excited to show me what they got. They were given simple items, a baseball cap, a transformer, a jump rope, chones, and a coloring book. The children were SO grateful. They kept going on and on about how much they were given and awesome it all was. One of the boys was showing me his gift and he just kept saying "It's SO many things" with the biggest smile. It was so different from Christmas in the US. It has been so fun to watch them play with and hoard their gifts this week. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angele, Christmas gift day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Damaris, Christmas gift day</td></tr>
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I hiked Mount Cameroon this weekend and to be perfectly honest, it was really stinkin hard and I struggled! I did a lot better when the people around me were talking and distracting me. So I began to ask this question to everyone over the weekend: What was your favorite memory of 2017? Inevitably they would ask me in return and I would just start to rattle off story after story! 2017 was such a great year, and I ended the year the way it began...on a mountain! I started 2017 skiing in Steamboat Springs and ended it across the world on top of Mount Cameroon!<br />
Some of my highlights this year include:<br />
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<li> Climbing, skiing, and camping on as many Colorado mountains as I could!</li>
<li>Boat tours on Kauai, Maui, and the Big Island with friends new and old</li>
<li>Exploring Pearl Harbor and the lava flows with my Dad</li>
<li>ALL the visitors! I think I had 12 total between Steamboat and Hawaii, with some repeats to both!</li>
<li>Jet boating and white water rafting in Idaho for my parent's 60th birthday party</li>
<li>The weeks spent in NYC with Lauren and her boys, AND being together for both of our birthdays this year!</li>
<li>Spending the day in Retiro park in Madrid, Paella on the beach in Valencia, the stained glass at La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona-so many laughs with Tiffany!</li>
<li>Arriving at Mercy Ships, meeting some Chimpanzees, and climbing Mount Cameroon.</li>
<li>Most of all-Meeting so many new and incredible people and growing deeper in existing sweet friendships.</li>
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What being here at Mercy Ships has taught me most is gratitude, and being overwhelmed with absolute contentment with what I have. I hope that I can harness that for the rest of 2018(and the rest of my life). I want to say Thank you more, I want to live with less, I want to pray more, I want to travel and adventure more, and I want to LOVE more! I also want to get a haircut ๐(sorry mom). I can't wait for the adventures, friendships, and fun that 2018 will bring! </div>
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2017 had some rough bits too-We lost my aunt Katrina this year, and as many of you know she battled breast cancer for over five years. She passed away at the end of May and as sad as it was I have actually just felt relief since her death. Relieved that she is no longer in pain, no longer struggling for each step she took. Of course we all miss her, especially this time of year because her birthday was Christmas Eve but I can't help but be so happy for her too. Maybe this is a weird grief emotion or maybe it's a normal thing to believe when people you love live in pain? I still kick myself when I eat pork chops because I never got her smothered pork chop recipe! Let this be a lesson to you-get your favorite recipes from your loved ones while you can! As I was hiking I thought several times about how this hike was the most physical pain I have felt and my greatest struggle of 2017! How incredible is that? My greatest struggle was a hike that I voluntarily went on?! It made me stop to pray several times for my friends and family that have struggled with much more this year, and thank God for the time we had with my aunt and thank God that she's no longer in pain. I'm hoping and praying for healing, happiness, and more great memories for 2018 for everyone!! </div>
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I just want to leave you with some pictures of the hike! It's harmattan here right now, which is a winter trade wind that blows ALL the sand from the Sahara into the sky. It is nearly impossible to see the actual sky right now. Apparently we hiked above harmattan because we got clear skies! My favorite part of the hike were the blue skies, stars, moon, and sunrise at Hut 2 where we camped! I've never been so happy to see blue skies, I didn't realize that I missed them so much! </div>
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The story of the hike could be an entirely different blog so I'll make it quick then add photos. We started at around 1000 meters elevation, then hiked through the jungle to Hut 1 to eat lunch. We stopped for a break at the intermediate hut(which is just a tease and you're still SO far from camp). Then finally stopped for the night at Hut 2 which is about 2700 meters, it took us about 7 hours to get there. We camped at Hut 2, and ate the most delicious spaghetti of my life. The next day we hiked to the Summit and back down which took about 8 hours(5 up and a little less than 3 down). I almost quit at Hut 3 with only a half mile left because I couldn't breathe! Luckily my good friend Michelle had waited for me at hut 3 and wouldn't allow me to stop, and I'm glad she didn't! But man that altitude was rough! The summit is 4090 meters/13,400 feet, and is the tallest mountain in west Africa. The trail was SO steep, it literally just went straight up the mountain. No switchbacks or planned route-just straight up. The trail was also littered with trash, which was really sad for me. When I hike I try to leave the trail cleaner than I've found it but it was impossible on this trail. I've realized that cleanliness and trash removal is a real luxury. There is trash EVERYWHERE here, I don't know why I expected the trail to be different. I kept thinking that a non-profit or hiking club should sponsor a trail maintenance effort to clean and maintain the trail. But then I thought about how many people here are starving and how ridiculous it would be for money to be spent cleaning a trail when people are hungry and the streets are lined with trash. DUH Sierra, duh. First world problem! Maybe some day!</div>
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My feet are blistered and going down stairs is a little rough but otherwise I'm in good shape and I'm glad I did it! Before coming to Cameroon, hiking Mount Cameroon was the only thing I really wanted to do, and now I've done it! Now I feel a little weird not having any plans for the rest of my time here or for 2018! Who wants to go somewhere with me?! Iceland? South America?</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friend Michelle and I blissfully unaware of what lies ahead!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trail head-it was the middle of a town , we walked through quite a bit of farmland before we got into the jungle. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entry way into the Mount Cameroon National Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My trail "buddy" Natazsa and I, we were so happy for Hut 1 and lunch!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The porters had bags that we provided them to take some of out stuff up, they were good backpacking backpacks and they still carried them on their heads!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Intermediate Hut, so deceiving! We still had SO much climbing left!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So happy to be at Hut 2, the stopping point for the night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The best Spaghetti ever!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meal hut</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Huts at hut two were built by Germans, and Oh so beautiful. All the supplies were carried up with man power only! Wowsa!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our tent at Hut 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sunrises were incredible!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the guides named Luma/Frank. I was so far behind that I kept joking that he was my personal guide, hahah. He was a horrible distance estimator. He kept saying we were almost there, and he was never ever close. It was a joke by the end of the trip. He was so patient with me but I'm sure that I was driving him crazy! I thanked him profusely for his patience and apologized for how slow I was, and all he would say is "It's my job". We talked African and American politics, lack of Cameroonian recycling, culture, and black magic(apparently people actually believe in it, but we were promised that the spirits wouldn't bother us!) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking straight up the mountain, this is a good example of the trail. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally made it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How I really felt at the summit, Michelle took this with out me knowing but I love this candid shot. It reminds me how relieved I was to stop climbing! If I ever complain about being exhausted I want to remember this moment!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The group at the summit! They had to wait 35 minutes for me to get there so they left shortly after I got there!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount Cameroon Latitude/Longitude and elevation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once I had a rest and a few gummie bears I could manage a real photo!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such a beautiful view!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My three trail buddies that kept me going. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for dinner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from our meal hut at Hut 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From hut 2 back down</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So pretty and steep!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This guy was carrying these wooden pieces to build a locker up at hut two! Whoa!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The jungle was so pretty! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Alive! Chama chama chama chameleon!</td></tr>
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<br />Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-33304278954700040292017-12-26T08:39:00.003-08:002018-02-07T11:30:49.481-08:00Merry Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The weeks are starting to blur together so its getting harder to remember what has happened the previous week! I had to look at my photos to remember what has happened! I'll get to what I've been up to but first...a patient update!<br />
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The first week I got here a woman named Claudine with a massive thyroid goiter arrived. She was admitted as a special case because the doctors didn't think that she would survive until the general surgery rotation that starts in January because the tumor was restricting her airway. She was admitted for 3 weeks prior to her surgery because her blood levels were unsafe to operate right away. She was such a trooper, and everyone started referring to her as Mamma Claudine. I saw Claudine a lot during her time here because she was admitted to the C ward, which also houses the plastics patients that are farther along in their recovery. So Claudine had to live in a ward with the rowdiest of plastics patients, all the while not really understanding why she wasn't getting surgery. Of course it was explained to her that the doctors were waiting for her blood work to normalize but I don't think she had any idea it would take as long as it did! The day before her surgery she got moved to a different ward and I just so happened to see her in D ward while looking for another patient. She had just found out that she was having surgery and was SO scared and didn't have her C ward family around. I comforted her and told her I would come back in the morning before her surgery. When I went back the next morning, the OR team was prepping her for surgery, tears were streaming down her face and she was clutching her Bible. I gave her a hug and I told her that I couldn't wait to see her after surgery. Unfortunately, she was discharged before I got the chance to go see her. On Thursday I walked down the gangway to go out to the rehab tent and saw a bunch of the plastics patients sitting under the tents waiting for their visits. As I was hugging the patients I saw a face I recognized but it took me a minute to recognize Claudine! I just exclaimed "C'est Joli" (It's pretty)Everything about her has changed, her hair, her smile, her confidence...and no doubt she probably feels so much better! She wasn't even my patient but I just love the before and after transformation and I'm so happy for her! I'm so glad I got to see her before she was discharged!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just love how her sassy personality shines through after surgery. </td></tr>
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My favorite part of the week was working with the Carpenter Joe, and his friend GK. We have a young patient named Rubain with a severe deformity of his leg. His leg was so big from elephantitis that he couldn't hold it up on his own. His ankle was completely dislocated and he was walking on his Medial malleolus. His left leg is 17 cm longer than his right, and he has to use a walking stick to move around. Poor thing said he wanted to be able to run like the other boys after surgery, so he can play football with the rest of the kids. The surgeon's plan was to de-bulk the elephantitis to make the leg smaller and relocate the ankle joint and place a pin in it to make it a more functional foot/ankle joint. I knew that he would be non-weight bearing after surgery and I also knew that he wouldn't be able to hold is own leg up after surgery which would rule out using crutches. So I asked the carpenter to build a knee walker. I had a pipe dream of a knee scooter but wheels are hard to come by here and wheels are not really functional in a place without sidewalks and smooth surfaces to wheel on, so I settled for a knee walker/platform. I took a rudimentary sketch of what I wanted and I was given a masterpiece! I love that I work somewhere that I can ask a carpenter to build me a custom piece of adaptive equipment!I also got to learn how to use a Japanese pull saw, purely because I was hanging around while Joe and GK were working and asking too many questions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe working on the knee walker, you have no idea how HOT it is in his shop. I'm so grateful for his hard work in the sweltering heat!!</td></tr>
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After giving Rubain the knee walker he was SO happy to be able to get up and walk around. I think Joe and GK were even more excited to be able to help a patient in this way. Joe told me several times that helping this patient was his priority and everyone else would have to wait. GK told me that this was the best thing he has done since he has been here, and I'm pretty sure he has much more important things to do... like, keeping the ship running! I'm going to call communications to take a picture of Rubain with the walker tomorrow, I don't have any pictures of him using it since it's a holiday weekend! EDIT: We got a photographer to come take group photos of us up on Deck 7!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the moment, Joe is STILL working on perfecting this bad boy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love how excited Joe is to see Rubain enjoy this walker!!</td></tr>
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We had a wonderful Christmas celebration on the ship! Complete with friends, overeating, FaceTime family calls, and Carols! The Christmas eve Church services at the Hope Center and on board were fantastic! The bells group played another song, we sang Alleluia(the Cloverton version with Christmas lyrics), and read the Christmas story from Luke. There is a Christmas tradition aboard the ship, we put a shoe out on Christmas eve and it mysteriously gets filled with treats! I woke up to find a lot of candy and cookies, and a wooden Christmas Ornament in the shape of Cameroon! It was so fun to have some presents to open! My sister sent a package for me but it's been at customs for a week so...I'm not sure I'll get it anytime soon!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas lunch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas eve dinner with the rehab gals</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretending we were somewhere cold!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I tried to make bizcochitos for our Christmas eve party, they didn't taste like legit NM bizcochitos but they were good cookies...I mean good little cinnamon-sugary biscuits. </td></tr>
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This week the first plastics block ended :( But it will start again January 20th. Some of the team went home so we took some photos of the first block team!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole gang!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daily rounds crew!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My partner in crime, Chelsea the OT on the plastics ward. We were taking a much needed coffee break!</td></tr>
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The rest of the photos are just photos that are cute and Christmasy!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sassy little Kari</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zidane is my actual Favorite, ssssshhh!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the face you get when dance behind the photographer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite little buddy Zidane colored this and then said that it was he and I. If you look closely he wrote SiSi underneath the girl and his name under the boy. It's a spitting image of us.</td></tr>
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And...since I work in a hospital and have a lot of healthcare worker friends I want to share this photo because it cracks me up! This photo is on every single bathroom stall wall on the ship, even the bathrooms in my room! Number 8 is the best, but if your urine actually looks like this, I think you're past dehydration and maybe have rhabdomyolisis or kidney failure....but drink up!<br />
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I can't believe this but after this week I'm half way! Time sure has flown! I'm hiking Mount Cameroon this weekend and I can't wait! I have 3 days off so we're hiking it over 3 days and hired a tour company to take us. I feel weird hiring people to hike but there isn't really a way to hike it with out hiring these guides. I can't wait to update you on my trip! Until then.. I miss your faces!</div>
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Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-77213902777978992162017-12-17T05:04:00.000-08:002018-02-07T11:32:00.352-08:001/3 already gone!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I can't believe I've already been here a month! It has flown by, and I'm already sad that I only have two months left!<br />
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We had two celebrations this week. One is called Santa Lucia and its a Scandinavian tradition. The group walked around in white and sang these really beautiful dirge like songs. It was so beautiful! The other was Carols by candlelight, this is an Australian tradition and I even learned the Australian version of Jingle Bells! My favorite part of the night was singing Silent night in every language aboard the ship. I think there were 11 total? I actually got a little choked up, thinking about all the different cultures/people coming together to love these Cameroonians! I love learning about all of the other countries traditions and sharing about some of the NM traditions. I really miss luminarias and Bizcochos right now! It's the first time I've felt homesick since I've been here...I'm sure I can find bizcocho ingredients here somewhere!<br />
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I didn't take many photos this week but I had so many great experiences. I got my bow photos done, which I was really excited about but they didn't turn out so great. Oh well, maybe some friends and I can go out and take pics another day!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I should've worn sunnies, it was so bright... and its a bad combo of scrub top/wrinkly clothes/squiting/awkward arms. I'll try again. </td></tr>
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On Tuesday I was stretching a patient's neck while <span style="font-family: inherit;">I sat on a small metal stool with a very thin layer of upholstery on top. The upholstery is the same color as the metal so one might assume that itโs all metal...but itโs not. When I stood up my pants were soaked, and Iโll admit I sweat a ton here but this was a little excessive. So I turned to the patient in in the next bed that speaks pidgin English and asked if the stool was wet. And he said โyes, thatโs the one they take in the shower to sit onโ ๐ So, I just sat on a used shower chair and soaked up allllll the dirty shower water into my pants. Awesome! SO grateful for the people who wash our scrubs!</span><br />
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The physician on board drained the fluid off of a patients knee, and I got to help! He used a diagnostic ultrasound and gave me a tour of the knee/quadriceps via ultrasound. It was pretty cool, the guy had close to 90 ml of fluid on his knee. Then he injected it with a steroid and numbing agent!<br />
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I also had my first splint making trial! There's a little boy here that had both hands repaired from burns and he has K wires in all of his fingers. K wires are used to stabilize the joint and keep it in a functional position while the skin is healing. With both hands repaired at the same time he has been relying on his older sister to feed him. I saw her feeding him and stuffed a fork into his IV board using some Coban, as a temporary solution, then made him a real fork cuff the next day. It probably looks archaic to a real hand therapist but I was pretty proud of myself :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">My temporary fix for Roy to feed himself. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">My first adaptive eating device :)</td></tr>
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I've been working with a patient named Ousman who has pretty bad burn contractures and pretty intense surgical repair. Both of his legs were used as graft sites for the abdomen. Needless to say he has been pretty miserable for two weeks. This week we started standing him up, it was so sad and he started getting afraid of just my face! I would walk up for PT and he would start to cry before we started! I felt awful! Well, on Tuesday I got him a walker and through many tears he walked about 20 feet, the ward went crazy!!! Nurses, chaplains, patients, and other caregivers were all clapping and shouting BRAVO!! He even began to smile toward the end, he and his dad were so happy!<br />
The next day, much to my dismay, he was so excited when I walked up and said "marche?!" He threw his covers back and reached up like "Get me out of this bed, ASAP!" He walked all the way to the inpatient treatment room for his wound care session, and I had to choke back tears the entire time! He has had some ups and downs but he is moving so well! He even graduated to a walker with wheels! And the best part... no more tears! I need to get a picture with him!<br />
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On Thursday we went to the Ponsetti celebration. It was a graduation ceremony for all the kiddos who have had their club feet fixed over the last few months! It was so fun, we heard testimonies from parents whose children's feet had been fixed, sang, and danced. At the end of the celebration one of the local news reporters who had been filming the ceremony came over to me and said "You shake yourself well." I replied with "What?" Not because I didn't hear him, but I was so perplexed that he said that at midday at the Mercy Ships' Hope Center, not past midnight at a dance club. Well he kept trying to explain what he meant because I had said "what?" He kept saying "You can dance so good"<br />
Ok, sir...I get it. Thank you and Au Revoir. Should I be concerned that there is footage of me dancing somewhere?<br />
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After the Hope Center we went to Maison H and got Ice-cream and we all said our Thankful Thursday, I said I was thankful for patients who don't complain. Every day we do rounds when they serve breakfast, and everyday they serve two pieces of white bread with butter, a boiled egg, and a piece of fruit- with either tea or milk to drink. And some of the patients have been here longer than me!! I am continually astonished that none of them complain! They take their breakfast, say thank you, and eat. I am constantly amazed by our patients and how content they are. What an example they are!<br />
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The thankful Thursday turned into goodbyes to Ida and Mama Robyn. Two PT's that are going home this weekend! We will miss them so much!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ida, Robyn, and I, I hate goodbyes!</td></tr>
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Friday we had a proper discharge dance party for Robyn and Ida and it was a blast!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rehab tradition is to dance when a patient leaves, and the Therapists get the same send off!</td></tr>
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This weekend I went fabric shopping and I bough WAY too much fabric but I loved it all and it was SO cheap! Now, to just make room for it in my suitcase! I took most my pictures this week while out at the markets. It's so dang crowded here!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They put EVERYTHING on motorcycles! This tree cracked me up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got back to the car before everyone else because they couldn't cross the street! I was so happy to see them, we were only separated a few minutes but the central market is so hectic I thought I was lost for life!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Ewa and I became friends on the chimp outing last week. We were so sweaty and happy with our fabric purchases!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ewa took the remaining pics of the market while we were there! I love this one </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many things to look at! Its hard to shop there because they want to box you in their stall and I don't like being closed in! Just let me look in peace!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">24 yards for $38! 7 different prints! I plan to bring some home but I also want a local Tailor to make me some things!</td></tr>
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Another wonderful week has come and gone so quickly and I continue to make new friends. It was hard saying good bye to Ida and Robyn, but we will get replacements in January! My coworkers Tracey and Chelsea leave my same weekend and we are the next to leave! So no more rehab goodbyes for now!<br />
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<br />Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-70773821999371342012017-12-12T03:57:00.000-08:002018-02-07T11:32:46.433-08:00Waterfalls, and Kribi, and Chimps...OH MY!I'm a few days late writing this but I was so tired from the weekend I needed an evening to catch up!<br />
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This week was so fun! Most of my patients are doing so well and are moving on to the Hope Center. They are all so anxious to get out of the hospital that they get so excited to go and the excitement wears off on the staff! We take a photo with the patient and send it to the Hope Center with them, the picture is like a little treasure that they walk around showing off. Then they say Au Revoir (goodbye) Hope Center. nothing is lost in that translation!<br />
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My friend Assiatou is still here and just as pleasant and sweet as always. Earlier this week I nearly cried when I saw that she had ACTIVE dorsiflexion and plantar flexion(the ability to point and flex her toes)! I was SO surprised, she is 18 and was burned at 6 months so I didn't really count on her having the ability to move after having the contracture for so long. She will probably be leaving to the Hope Center soon! Today we walked without her splints, and with one real shoe. She continues to use a walker because she's a little scared but she's going to graduate to crutches before she leaves!<br />
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My newest friend Zidan has made so much progress that he gets up with his walker independently now! Zidan had a contracture of the L ankle/foot due to a Quinine injection from malaria treatment. Why they would inject into a shin/leg? I don't know but as I have started to say TIA(THIS IS AFRICA!) Who the heck knows why they do the things they do! Or possibly I'm misunderstanding because the medical record is so brief.<br />
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Zidan is SO adorable, he always has a huge smile on his face. I'm slowly picking up some french so I usually walk up to my patients and say "marche" (which is the french word for walk) and that turned into me clapping and saying "marche, marche, marche". Well now Zidan says "marche, marche, marche" every time he sees me, and it has caught on with the rest of the kids on the ward. I'm starting to think that they think my name is Marche!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More before with his great smile</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm so impressed he could walk!</td></tr>
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I have been learning so much, and not just related to PT but in medicine in general. I love it!<br />
I recently learned that you can shrink Hemangiomas(benign blood vessel growth) with a certain Beta Blocker, Propanalol to be exact. After I learned this I researched it a bit and it was found serendipitously by researchers who were studying hemangiomas. They had a few children in their study with cardiac conditions that required Propanalol and it shrunk the hemangiomas. No one can really explain the mechanism but one study I read suggests that the beta blocker causes capillary vasoconstriction and cell death at the capillary level. There is no scientific study or proof, this is just a theory. It just so happens that the little girl with the Hemangioma is a DOLL!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kari! She is full of Sas, She had just been putting her hand up in the photographers face....hence the laugh!</td></tr>
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As if the snuggles from the babies weren't enough we got to snuggle and play with Chimpanzees this weekend! We visited a Chimpanzee rescue, the baby chimps are raised by human papas because they were abandoned or their parents were hunted. It was SO fun! We snuggled and bottle fed the babies and played with the older ones. The older ones would just walk up to you with a hand up and you'd pick it up and either toss them or spin them in circles and they loved it!<br />
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I went with a random group and ended up making so many new friends! After the visit to the chimps we stayed the evening on a beach in Kribi. My favorite part of the evening were the meals at the hotel, not because the food was so delicious(it was :) ) but because we ate at a big table like a big family! We also went on a canoe trip to a pygmy village and visited a waterfall, but after a summer in Hawaii both the beach and waterfall were a little underwhelming. Yes, I am now a beach snob...dang you Hawaii!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This guy was so particular with the papaya, he carefully spit out every seed. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how they would ask for you to hold them, and if you didn't grab their hand and sling them up they'd just climb up you!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just chilling</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheeky little monkeys</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Does anyone know what kind of monkey this guy is?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once the chimps mature they go live on Pongo Songo Island with the other adults. They were so demanding with the bananas, they'd eat them in one bite then clap until we threw more. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Latex trees-the sap is white and drips out from a scar in the tree. Like Syrup?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boat ride to the Chimps-we were so happy to be out of the car!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Papaya!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This guy's name was Miel, and he was the biggest and so tall... he walked around like a human it was so funny!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a sweet babe with a swinging chimp in the background!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">LOVE!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Just checking to make sure its really empty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New friends!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kribi fishing boats</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I laugh every time I see this picture, I made Chris get in it. I asked if this was his happy face and he said yes. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pygmy house construction, I took this because it looks like adobe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pygmy house, the visit was not what I expected and very depressing so I didn't take any photos of the people. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peaceful Canoe ride</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We didn't have to paddle!</td></tr>
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I keep saying this but week three was just as amazing and the last two, and I'm excited for the rest!<br />
This adventure continues to be amazing and if you're in healthcare and considering it-Apply now!!!<br />
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Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-52230618763703715772017-12-03T01:21:00.002-08:002018-02-07T11:33:30.436-08:00Week 2So much has happened this week! Where to Begin?<br />
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I started the week by going to the Hope Center for their church service. The Hope Center is temporary housing for the patients that live far away and need continued follow up care like rehab or wound care. The Hope center is about a 15 minute drive through Douala and nothing reminds you you're in Africa like driving in a busy city! I took these photos from my window so they aren't good photos but I wanted to show you what it was like!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm so impressed, they carry EVERYTHING on their heads.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many motorcycles. And they can fit 4 people on them, they carry everything on them(even mattresses), no one wears helmets ,and they make their own lanes all the time... talk about terrifying. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Street market</td></tr>
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The patient I introduced you to last week began walking longer distances! The patients go up to deck seven for an hour each day for some sunshine and play. While we were up there a photographer asked Assiatou to walk for him, so she showed off her skills! Sadly in these photos she was only able to put weight on her heel using a double thickness cast shoe I had rigged up for her, but later in the week she had her dressing changed and can now use her whole foot!! You have no idea how happy that makes both of us and how much easier it is for her to walk. It has given her freedom as well, now her balance is good enough that she can walk around when she wants to, go visit friends, and go to the bathroom without needing staff to help. She's made pretty good friends with another girl about her same age in the next ward over, so they are usually sitting by one another's beds and chatting. This week they found out I can make balloon flowers and I made them each a balloon flower headband that they wore with pride all day! Wish I had a picture of that!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adjusting the boot because it always slips.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trucking along, even with that boot she had a hard time keeping her forefoot off the ground!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She has a butterfly sticker on her forehead if you're wondering :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Standing a little closer for turning, it's hard to balance and turn a walker! This picture also shows the craziness of deck 7! So many patients and kids riding bikes, playing games, and walking around... its a mad house!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After our walk, the chaplaincy team got together and we had some fun dancing an singing!</td></tr>
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On Thursday night for our weekly meeting we had a barbecue with our day crew! It was so fun! A group of Cameroonian singers sang for us and we all danced together. SO sweaty and hot, but so fun!<br />
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On Saturday morning I went to New Destiny Orphanage. I was so impressed. The children were so kind and loving toward one another. The older kids loved on all the babies and cared for them like a parent. There were 49 children there and about 5 small babies, 1 toddler, and a bunch of older kids. I didn't ask their ages but the oldest looked about high school age. The man in charge of Mercy Ministries is named Lere and he explained to us that when Mercy ships arrived in Cameroon they didn't know about New Destiny orphanage. They only recently learned about it and they were in bad shape. The woman in charge was providing a home for the children but was having difficulty feeding them. When the first Mercy ships visitors came back from the first visit to the orphanage, they did an offering on Sunday night and raised $15,000 for them. With that money they are going to be able to build an orphanage and not have to pay rent at their current building. They also have an arrangement with a local bakery/ice cream shop name Maison H, that they can come get free fresh bread every day. Makes me want to support Maison H even more! The children had only a 1/2 of a baguette for breakfast and lunch and some warm chocolate looking drink. Even with so little I looked around and all of the kids were sharing! It was so sweet. I helped bathe and feed the babies, then we had a story time and crafts. Two children became my buddies, Jovanny is an older girl and she helped me feed the baby and Roland was a little boy who was deaf and always seemed left out. I wondered if he knew any sign language-he didn't seem to know how to communicate with anyone. At the end Jovanny gave me a hand drawn flower plant and colored it, then wrote I LOVE YOU and Je T'aime all over it. Then when I left she said "Please Please come back!"Ugh, so cute.<br />
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We aren't allowed to take pictures but the leader had a Mercy ships camera and took all of the photos. So luckily I have photos to remember my new friends.<br />
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The experience was beautiful and heart breaking at the same time. They have so little but are so happy, sweet, kind, and loving. We have so much, way beyond what we need and now we're entering a season of giving more and stressing out about it. Again, this experience is humbling beyond words and I pray that the experiences here will stay with me. That I will continue to be reminded how lucky we are, how much we have, and will remain aware and thankful for everything we've been given. That my heart will be changed and transformed not just temporarily affected. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isaac is the baby, Jovanny is smiling and making the baby open his mouth, and Roland is holding the bowl. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Singing my favorite African songs, all I know is AAAAAA-Ahhhhhhh, then you clap hands with your neighbor. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My second favorite song- Bumbulayla(I have no idea how to spell that) There a whole dance that I though Isaac wanted to participate in :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Story time-Isaac was all danced out. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My roommate Alicia was telling me about the money that was raised.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jovanny taking me aside to give me my drawing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dancing with Roland to this really fun french song. I didn't know all the words but you danced in a circle to the right, then to the left then he would shout a number and you had to get that many people in your circle and dance with them. We usually failed because we just danced together each time. I wondered how much he understood, but he seemed to really enjoy the dancing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While the older kids did crafts I played with babies and blew bubbles. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blowing some bubbles, this guy didn't wear his name tag and wouldn't tell me his name.. . so he's just my bubble friend. </td></tr>
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Every day I'm trying to learn a new french word! My favorite word this week was Bon Journee, it literally means good journey and they say it like we say "have a nice day".<br />
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Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-13182153989509227872017-11-25T09:21:00.001-08:002018-02-07T11:33:50.422-08:00Quick picture tourI just wanted to give you a quick picture of what my life is like on the ship! We can't take pictures in the hospital but in my last post I shared a photo of one of the wards.<br />
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Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-59503654138490146582017-11-25T09:07:00.003-08:002018-02-07T11:34:17.433-08:00I made it!Hello Friends and Family!<br />
I'm a little late on the update, but I made it to Cameroon! I Flew in last Sunday with two nurses(Liz from the UK and Janette from The Netherlands), we arrived late but got settled into our rooms and started with orientation the next morning.<br />
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Paper work the night we arrived.<br />
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I had a very easy first day, getting oriented to the ship and meeting the rehab team! I love everyone I work with, and I knew I would with a welcome sign like this:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My wonderful warm welcome from my co-workers!</td></tr>
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After Monday orientation I started seeing patients on Tuesday. I arrived during the plastic surgery rotation. So all of my patients have had some type of scar release, mostly from previous burns. Burns are fairly common in Africa as fire is the primary means of cooking. I quickly fell in love with the patients and the style of work here on the Mercy Ship. There is time to stop and talk to patients, dance during worship, and push kids on tricycles. I work in the ward with two awesome hand therapists aka my Mercy Ships Senseis. The wards are what we call inpatient hospital units. There are 4 wards; Obstetric, Plastics, Maxofacial, and Eye. There are about 5 other PT's that work outside in the rehab tent with the orthopedics patients, they are equally as awesome and can cast and splint like superheroes. I love that they're covered in plaster at the end of the day, its like a sign of a hard day's work.<br />
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Mercy Ships has agreements with the patients that their stories and photographs will be shared. Unlike the US I can tell you about my patients and even share their photos. All of the photos of patients have to come from an internal Mercy Ships photographer but they are all available for staff to use on a shared drive!<br />
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I want to share each patient with you, but you will tire of reading before I am done. But I want to share my favorite story of the week. I have a patient named Assaitou, that had burn contractures of both feet. She was not allowed to put any weight on her feet after surgery so she was unable to walk to the bathroom, and had to use a bedpan. Now that she is able to bear weight(on only her R heel) its a tricky situation to try to get her into one of the ship bathrooms. The ship bathrooms have about a 6 inch step up into them, and the have a 2 inch lip above that for the door seal, and they're teeny tiny. I worked with Assaitou on Wednesday for her first time walking for about two weeks and she tired easily and her balance was not good. As much as I wanted to I couldn't safely help her get into the bathroom so she would have to continue to use a bedpan. The next day we tried again with a different walker and she did so much better! When I asked(via a French translator) if she wanted to try to get into the bathroom she started to cry! I immediately felt horrible, thinking that she didn't think she could do it. But her tears were tears of joy, and she admitted that she has been so ashamed and embarrassed having to use a bedpan in such close proximity to the other patients. She was able to hop up backwards into the tiny bathroom and go to the bathroom on a toilet for the first time in days. She was so happy by such a simple task. My first thought was "Wow, I take so much for granted-such a simple task brought so much joy to someone". When was the last time you were appreciative for the fact that you could go to the bathroom on a toilet? Never? Like me?<br />
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This realization was perfectly timed with American Thanksgiving. It is so easy to be thankful for what you have when you spend time with these fiercely tough people who have been through so much and continue to smile and be grateful in every situation. I have so much to learn from them.<br />
Please pray that the gratitude and Thanksgiving for my many blessings doesn't stop here, pray that it becomes second nature and I am able to bring this attitude home with me!<br />
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I'll write soon! Love you all!<br />
<br />Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-51534955627541414482017-11-09T14:32:00.000-08:002018-02-07T11:34:39.844-08:00Almost Time!This is just a quick update to say that Iโm leaving for Africa on Saturday(November 11)!<br />
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Iโll be in Spain for a week with my friend Tiffany, as one last hoorah before my three months of work! We donโt have any plans-just a long list of suggestions! We fly in to Madrid and out of Barcelona and have three days planned in each city with a random day unplanned in the middle, in case we want to explore!<br />
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I arrive in Africa November 19th and will be there until February tenth. I get home February 11th, and I donโt know where Iโll be working when I get home. Iโll figure that out when the time comes ;)<br />
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If youโre wondering what I want for Christmas or If you would still like to donate, you can at my <a href="https://mercyships-us.donorpages.com/crewmates/SierraStout/" target="_blank">funding page</a>! The donations link will be active my entire time there, so it will work until February!<br />
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The important information: How do you contact me?! Anyway you want other than dialing my phone number! You can email, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, iMessage, WhatsApp, or FaceTime! If you donโt have an iPhone then you canโt text me using the normal texting on your phone(only iMessage and WhatsApp work on WiFi), but you can send me a text via WhatsApp, Facebook message, or email. sierra.stout@gmail.com<br />
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Iโll update with pictures once I get to Africa!<br />
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Lots of Love!<br />
Sierra<br />
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<br />Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-10082826313677356872017-09-19T00:02:00.001-07:002018-02-07T11:36:30.353-08:00Hawaii!I keep telling myself I'll be more on top of this blog so I don't have to write such long posts. But, here I am recapping my entire 4 months in Hawaii, yet again!<br />
Where to start??<br />
I made so many awesome friends and I had SO many visitors!<br />
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My best friend Lauren was my first visitor, she came for my birthday and it was the first time we've been on a solo trip since...ever? We had a blast! We went for a hike through the Volcano, deep sea fishing, watched sunsets, and at allllllll the shave ice. We also spent countless hours talking, laughing, and of course being completely ridiculous together!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset on the Kona(west) side</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fishing! We didn't catch anything so it was basically an expensive boat ride, but it was still so fun!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Always order rainbow, and add vanilla soft serve to the middle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fairwinds snorkel tour to Kealakekua bay-It can't be missed!<br />
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Next my dad came to visit! We met in Oahu and saw Pearl Harbor before he spent the week with me on the Big Island. Pearl Harbor was so incredible, we spent over 8 hours seeing it all. We loved Pearl Harbor and the sights on Ford Island, and the food... but other than that Oahu was just meh, just a big city. There are much more beautiful beaches and fun on other islands.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">USS Arizona, so beautiful and powerful.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">USS Bowfin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the Pacific Aviation Museum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting to Board the USS Missouri</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">USS Missouri- The Mighty Mo!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the hike up to Diamond Head, what a beautiful view! Over 150 stairs, >2 miles just 3 months after a total knee replacement, What a beast!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the old gun mounts atop Diamond Head</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Post hike Shave Ice</td></tr>
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After all the touristing I mad my dad eat every weird food possible!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All you can eat Korean BBQ</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MMMM, tasty he said-Acai Bowls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Real Ramen, with 8$ pitchers of beer. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We walked out to the active lava flow/ocean entry at Kalapana and I got this gem of a picture :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8 mile bike ride to walk 4 miles to the lava. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We found lava!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hiked through Volcanoes National Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Went to a star tour atop Mauna Kea</td></tr>
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Then the night before I dropped my dad at the airport we went snorkeling at night to see Manta Ray's. It was SO fun!! I've been diving with them twice since!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Manta!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We hung onto a surf board with lights built in, the lights attract plankton which attract the Mantas!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Excited to see Mantas!<br />
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I had 5 more visitors and saw everything on the Island in the process! I also met some wonderful travelers and went on a few weekend trips Island hopping with them! Our Fist stop was Molokai, to camp on a native Hawaiians land. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a majestic view!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise on the Fish pond</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My travel Ohana</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pili girls with Uncle Leimana</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaulapapa, the old Leper Colony. It was breathtaking!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hammock Camping with waves crashing-I've never slept so good!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I learned to throw net! Watch out fishies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lanai in the distance!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Papohaku Beach-one of the longest in the world and Oh.so.gorgeous! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Practicing catching coconuts<br />
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Next stop was Kauai, and it was my FAVORITE weekend yet!! We were only there two days but managed to squeeze in so much fun! We went on a Catamaran tour of the Napali coast, we snorkeled, ate and laughed SO much! The Napali coast is gorgeous and worth seeing! We went with <a href="https://kauaivacationtours.com/kauai-activities/blue-dolphin-sailing/" target="_blank">Blue Dolphin</a> tours and would highly recommend it! The next day we went to Waimea canyon and went for a hike. Waimea Canyon is called the grand canyon of the south pacific, and it was unbelievable!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snorkeling</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Definition of FUN!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Napali Coast</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With the girls, Not sure what I'll do with out out them when I leave Hawaii, My heart will go on I guess. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pretty little cave on our boat tour.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When people asked what I wanted to do in Kauai, I said- "I want to lay in the net of the Catamaran and not move."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So much fun!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waimea Canyon-pictures don't do it justice!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how excited we are to be here!</td></tr>
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Over the course of the four months I saw a ton of other beautiful stuff! From the lava Entry to turtles, this Island has everything!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiffany came to visit and we went to a Luau! It was so fun!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kalapana Lava Entry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turtle at Kiholo Bay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My dad with the DC-3 at the pacific aviation museum. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Manta ray dive</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They would swoop right over your head!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green sands-4WD or good shoes is a must, its a 3 mile walk in or you can pay a local 10$ each way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With Friends at Green Sands</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">view from my back door</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sugar Flume hike</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luckily we didn't get caught, but several people got tickets for trespassing the next week!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sea Arch at the National Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kiluaea Iki lava lake hike</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kiluaea Iki Hike</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hapuna Beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Akaka Falls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waipio Valley! Another 4WD adventure, or you can walk the 2 mile super steep road in and out. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainbow falls, right by my work!</td></tr>
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So many people have asked what to do and where to go since I've been here. My answer-Go to any of these places!! My favorite Island has been Kauai, hands down(but I haven't been to Maui yet-that's this weekend!).<br />
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You'll definitely need a car on the Big Island! There is too much to see, and the Island is BIG! So rent a car! I found a car on craiglist to rent and it was super cheap compared to the commercial rentals.<br />
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My favorite things on the Big Island are the Manta Ray night dive, we went with <a href="http://www.konadivingcompany.com/" target="_blank">Kona Dive Company </a>and they were awesome, <a href="https://www.fair-wind.com/" target="_blank">Fairwinds </a>snorkel tour to Kealakekuah Bay, and <a href="https://www.nps.gov/havo/index.htm" target="_blank">Volcano National Park</a>. At the national park; you can't miss the sea arch, Kiluaea Iki crater hike, and the view from the Jaggar Museum(this is where you see the glow of the Volcano-it's best after dark).<br />
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You can't miss the star tours on Mauna Kea, they're best at the new moon when there isn't much light in the sky! The star tours are done at the mid-way point at the observatory, but the sunset from the top is unbelievable!</div>
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If you really want to see a Luau, I've only been to one. It was at the Royal Kona Hotel, and I really liked it! It was a 78$ online special with all you can drink and eat. Pro-tip, call day of and reserve your tickets(ask for the online special price) then you can go to the beginning of the really really long line and pay! You don't have to wait in the line, that's for the people who have charged it to their room. </div>
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My favorite beaches are:</div>
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Punalu'u black sand beach aka the turtle beach on the southern part(stop at the Punalu'u bakery while you're there for a Malasada, you won't regret it!)</div>
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Richardson's beach on the Hilo side, there isn't much sand on the Hilo side-what we have is at Richardson's. This is also a mecca for turtles-they love chilling in the tide pools at low tide. </div>
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Waipio Valley Beach is also really cool! Stop at Tex's for a Malasada on the way, they're delicious here too! Then Go to the Big Island Brewhaus in Waimea for a beer and burger, you'll be craving a beer if you walk it!<br />
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Kiholo Bay is a fun morning adventure. There's a plethora of sea turtles resting on the black sand, and swimming in the fresh ponds at the northern most part of the bay. They southern part of the bay is a camping area but you can park there and snorkel, the reef is super clear and beautiful!</div>
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I also really love Kalapana active lava flow(but it's really hard work-8 miles to the ocean entry and 10-12 to the active lava), a lot of the information says that the Kalapana ocean entry is only open from 3-9, but that is when the NPS rangers are there and can direct you to the active lava flow, but you can go at any time. We rent bikes from local vendors, and ride the 4 miles on a gravel road then walk to the lava, then ride back. It's best after dark! But is still cool during the day-just harder to find the active lava flow. You don't have to go out to the active lava, you can just watch it flow into the ocean, and this is at the 4 mile point.<br />
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My favorite Wednesday night activity is a little hippie fest called Uncle Roberts, you can eat anything you want, buy all sorts of fun souvenirs, and hippie dance the night away!</div>
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I only have 3 weeks left here and some friends are visiting for a week, then they are joining me on visiting my last island-Maui! I've always wanted to come to Hawaii and I'm so glad I was able to come and see it all! One thing Hawaii has confirmed is that I am a mountain gal! The beaches are gorgeous but dang if I don't miss the mountains and the desert. Maybe it's the length of the assignment or maybe it's island fever but I am SO ready to come home!!<br />
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I fly home October 9th. I plan on hunting with my dad the 15-20, taking a girls trip the end of October with my mom and sister, then going to NYC for a long weekend to visit my BFF before I leave for Africa. If you missed my Africa blog, read it <a href="http://ptgypsy.blogspot.com/2017/07/" target="_blank">here!</a> I leave the US November 11th for a trip to Spain with my friend Tiffany! I'll go directly from Spain to Douala, Cameroon and I'll be there from November 19-February 10th! I'm so excited! EEeeeeeek! Please pray for my travels and let's hang out before I leave!</div>
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Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-74796788566570384712017-07-13T22:53:00.000-07:002017-07-13T23:25:40.587-07:00I'm going to Africa!<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hello Friends!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Many of you know this already but if you don't let me fill you in!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am going to Africa for 3 months to volunteer with <a href="http://www.mercyships.org/">Mercy Ships.</a> I will be there from November 19- February 10. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #575757; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">While I am there the ship will be docked off the coast of Douala, Cameroon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mercy Ships is such an amazing organization and is staffed by volunteers and funded by donations. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For those of you who don't know, the Africa Mercy is a cargo ship turned into a floating hospital. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #575757;">Many Africans don't have access to healthcare, There are only 2.5 physicians per 10,000 people in Africa, compared to 25 physicians per 10,000 in the U.S. The Africa Mercy basically brings a state of the art hospital to different countries in Africa. The cool thing about Africa Mercy is that they stay docked in a country for months at a time so there is follow up with the patients and opportunity for them to receive therapy services. Mercy Ships also educates and equips the local population, for long lasting impact in the host nation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #575757;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love missions PT and wish I could volunteer full time but that doesn't really work financially ;) I have been interested in Mercy ships for years, I kept looking but there wasn't an opening for PT's. Finally this winter I noticed there was a PT opening and applied! The application process was very easy and I was accepted right away. The recruiters that work for Mercy ships are so thorough and efficient!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #575757; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The first question people have asked about Africa is-Do you get paid? Nope! It's volunteer. I actually will pay to go to Africa. Strangely the biggest expense will be the vaccinations needed to go! I have been saving up in order to pay my bills while I'm gone and pay my own way on this journey. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #575757; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #575757;"><span style="background-color: white;">When I first applied I decided that I wanted to fund my own trip. I felt that I had made the commitment and therefore, I should pay my own way. I didn't take into account the other people that would WANT to contribute. I have been told by several people that they would love to contribute to my trip, because they too want to help. Since they can't go volunteer their time, they want to help me financially. I wasn't expecting people to volunteer to support me but since I've had so much interest I signed up for a fundraising website through Mercy Ships. My</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://mercyships-us.donorpages.com/crewmates/SierraStout/" style="background-color: #cccccc;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">f</span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">unding page</span></a> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #575757;">is for my crew fees only, I will need $1,890 for my monthly room and board. The money on this account can only pay for Mercy Ships fees, if excess is donated it goes into the Mercy Ships account as a general donation. All donations on the funding page are tax deductible. Bonus! My flight and vaccinations will cost ~$2,000, but that will come out of my own pocket and I can't use the money from my funding page for those expenses. So if I meet my $1,890 goal and you want the money to go to me, just contact me directly :) Again, I am NOT asking for money; I plan on paying my own way. But, if you WANT to help me volunteer then please visit my funding page to help out! More important than monetary support...please add me to your prayers! There are always concerns when traveling and living in another country, and the best preparation for me is trusting that God is preparing the way in Cameroon.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #575757; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Thank you in advance for your prayers and support on this journey! I love hearing how excited everyone is for me! I love the encouragement! I know this experience will be challenging, fun, and exciting and your prayers/thoughts/good vibes are so important to me!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #575757; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I know I am inconsistent with this blog, but I will try to keep it more up to date during this exciting trip!</span></span><br />
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Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-6931354971552597002017-04-06T12:46:00.000-07:002017-04-08T12:37:08.042-07:00Update <div style="text-align: center;">
<b>But first, Let me tell you about my winter!!!</b></div>
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It was AMAZING!!! Steamboat is INCREDIBLE! The trails are endless, access to the outdoors is bountiful, the powder is unreal, and the people are top notch! I had to pinch myself several times and repeatedly asked myself- "Is this real life?" It continues to blow my mind that I got to live in a resort town where people pay so much money to vacation! I am one lucky gal! My favorite part of being in Steamboat is that EVERYONE wanted to visit! I went 5 weeks straight with visitors, it was amazing! I hardly had the chance to get homesick, and when I did, a local breakfast place served green chile juevos rancheros :) Not only did I have a ton of visitors, I made incredible friends-it will be so hard to leave!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Early season we had SO MUCH snow! It was so pretty!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Snow shoeing on Rabbit Ears pass, one of my favorite places to play</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Blue bird day up on Rabbit Ears</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px; text-align: center;">Slack lining on buff pass, my dad is such a good sport :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Skiing Copper during my dad's visit!</td></tr>
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<b>What's next?</b></div>
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If you're a seasoned traveler, you're used to this question. If you've just started traveling, get used to it...you will hear it at least 50 times an assignment!<br />
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I hear this a lot, and most of the time the answer is...I don't know! Travel positions aren't usually posted until about 4 weeks prior to the start date. So my usual answer is-read my blog or find me on Facebook and as soon as I know, you'll know :)<br />
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The answer- "I don't know" drives some people crazy. It doesn't drive me crazy though! I fly by the seat of my pants and go where the fun jobs take me! It definitely takes a certain type of personality to travel. Sometimes jobs are posted, I accept the job, and I'm packing my car in a whirlwind! I am not an organized person, but with packing my car I am crazy particular. Everything has its spot so I don't forget anything! But in the midst of packing like a tornado, I'll make sure to update either my blog or Facebook-or both!<br />
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So, to answer the question...What's next?<br />
I am taking 6 weeks off! I'm doing a National Parks trip with some of my traveler friends. I'm going to a wedding in Austin, to DC to visit friends, and then NYC to run the Brooklyn half with my best friend.<br />
Then I hope to get a travel assignment for the summer, somewhere where the beer flows like wine, and the men instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. JK-Somewhere in the mountains for the summer, but you never know with traveling-so who knows!<br />
SO the months of June-September are unplanned! Stay tuned!<br />
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<b>Here's what I do know AKA the BIG NEWS!!!</b></div>
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I've been accepted for a volunteer physical therapist position aboard the Africa Mercy Ship. The Mercy ship is a cargo ship turned floating hospital that is docked off the coast of Africa and moves locations every 8 months or so. I will be aboard November 19th-February 10th while the ship is docked off the coast of Douala, Cameroon. Mercy ships performs much needed operations and provides medical care to those in need and who are unable to afford the surgery or don't have access to medical care. I will likely be working with kiddos that have had corrective orthopedic surgeries. You should read some of the stories on their <a href="http://www.mercyships.org/" target="_blank">website</a>, it's an amazing organization and I am SO excited!<br />
It is a volunteer position so I will basically be taking 5 months off of work, this summer I will save up in order to take the time off and I will return to work March 2018. I'm taking the October prior to the trip off of work to travel/visit friends and family before I leave!<br />
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<b>When are you going to settle down?</b></div>
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I hear this question all the time too, and it's still the same answer..I DON'T KNOW! :)<br />
I might be ready when I get back from Africa, but it's not likely! We'll see!!<br />
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<b>Where will you settle down?</b></div>
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Please refer to the above answer :) I think if I knew where I wanted to live then I would know when I might settle down! It's hard to think about settling down when I don't know where I want to live!!<br />
Somewhere with mountains, a ski hill, cool people, not a big city, but easy access to an airport. IF you know where this place is please let me know, I'm looking!!!<br />
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I hope you all are well! When I figure out where I'll be living for the summer, please come visit!!<br />
<br />Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-45059164554114061302016-12-03T14:28:00.000-08:002017-01-04T14:39:52.034-08:00Enchanted and Blessed<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><u>My Favorites</u></b></div>
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My Friend Becky has a phenomenal blog that you can read here: http://www.enchantedandblessed.com For reasons that I can't figure out, she wants to write a blog about my gypsy lifestyle. Becky has been asking what my favorite places are for a while and I'm just now getting to writing them down. She asked what my favorites are, there are just too many! So here goes:<br />
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<b>The National Parks</b><br />
I have been to a lot of countries and all over the US and the National Parks are still one of my favorite places in the world. Our parks are way underutilized and the foreigners usually outnumber the Americans. I love, love, love our National Park system, in fact I have plans to road trip through Colorado's national parks once I'm done in Steamboat. Last year I went to Crater Lake, Mt. Lassen, The Redwoods, Yosemite, Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Point Loma, and Whiskey Town. Yosemite is probably my all time favorite but it's so hard to choose!!<br />
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Where are my favorite international places?<br />
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<b>Thailand</b></div>
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ALL of it. The mountains, the beaches, the people. I met some friends there on a whim because my friend Johanna was going and invited me. I loved Thailand and it was so unexpected. It was probably the hardest place to visit because I don't speak the language and Thai people don't speak english like they do in Europe!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elephant Riding in Chaing Mai</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thailand Group in our ridiculous elephant </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buying an anklet from a village child, she bought a banana with the money she earned. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Beaches were incredible</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I could sit here all day. </td></tr>
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<b>Montenegro</b><br />
This was an unexpected stop on my niece and I's cruise this summer and it was gorgeous!! We were originally supposed to go to Turkey but we couldn't go because of the military coup, I was disappointed until we saw this! We only got a day since it was part of the cruise but I want to go back and explore more!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caylei ordered an "iced coffee" and it was basically a vanilla ice cream and coffee float, we went back for seconds!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This bay!!๐๐๐</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was an old basilica on a teeny island in the middle of the bay!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This bay was gorgeous!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We didn't do it but there was a church built into the side of this mountain, it looked like an awesome climb!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eating the best meal of our lives! Our cruise ship in the background. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We started an "island hopping" series here, this was on that little island from the first pic</td></tr>
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<b>Mykonos</b></div>
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A planned stop on our cruise, I couldn't prepare for how pretty it was!!</div>
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<b>ROME!</b></div>
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One of my favorite cities of ALL time. The food, the sights, the history, the SISTINE CHAPEL, the Italians, ugh... I love it all! I want to live there!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pizza, to die for.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiramisu, this is where I convinced Caylei that Rome was her favorite city too :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coliseum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the Coliseum, tourists cannot be trusted to take a decent photo. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This door dates back to BC!! We walked on the same ground as Jesus' disciples!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Illegal photo of the Sistine Chapel </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ST Peters basilica, Such a humbling experience to think that Peter was Crucified here. </td></tr>
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<b>New Mexico! Last but not least... the great state of NM. I've traveled near and far and NM is still one of the most beautiful places I've ever been!</b></div>
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Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-68743849253926618142016-12-03T13:17:00.000-08:002016-12-03T13:17:09.742-08:00Steamboat Springs for Ski SeasonDon't mind if I do!<br />
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HI friends! I got back from Guatemala and drove straight to Steamboat Springs for my winter assignment. Luckily the hospital provides housing so I just had to show up!<br />
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I've been a traveler for 3.5 years but haven't done any seasonal work until now! I didn't even know it was a thing until this past spring. I heard someone mention seasonal work and I thought to myself "I wonder if they have seasonal PT?" So I did an indeed.com search for season PT in Colorado and found this job!<br />
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I work directly for the hospital, which is different than normal. I normally work with a travel agency that finds the jobs for me and I'm a contractor for the hospital. Now I'm working directly for Yampa Valley Medical Center. It is a beautiful facility, and the PT clinic is probably one of the nicest I've ever seen! I wonder who makes all the money for the hospital?? ๐<br />
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I'm working in the Emergency Department(ED), and it is a new experience for me! There is a PT room in the ED and we do bracing, crutch training, and exercises/modalities to prevent further complications from their injuries. We mostly see ACL strains/tears, but since these diagnosis don't need urgent surgery we do pre-hab to prepare the patient for potential surgery and to make sure their muscles don't stop working!<br />
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My apartment is super cute and tiny! But I love it! It's a 2 story loft apartment and its perfect for 1 person, and I have two air mattresses and a big couch for visitors. <br />
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The town is super cute too, and has a lot for such a small town. Walmart, Central Market, Safeway, lots of outdoor shops, and a pretty nice gym. My gym was originally a hot springs pool that added a fitness center so I can soak in the natural springs after my workout or a hard snowshoe/ ski.<br />
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The outdoor opportunities are endless! There is a river core trail that ends right by my house and they plow the trail because it gets used so much! It has been snowing non stop since I've been here but the snow on the mountain still isn't great and the mountain is only partially open, so I haven't skied yet. I have been walking/jogging on the river trail and snow shoeing! There are so many public land trails here, and people are always using them. I love that everyone here seems to love the outdoors, it makes me feel better about being on the trails solo. Someone will find me if something were to happen!<br />
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I'll be here as long as the mountain is open, so tentatively April 16. I say this ALL the time, PLEASE come visit!!<br />
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<br />Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-57678093053985512342016-12-03T11:47:00.002-08:002016-12-04T09:33:15.622-08:00Guatemala PT Missions<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue;">We went back to Guatemala!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole group at a pop up clinic in St. Augustine, people waited for several hours to be seen!</td></tr>
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This is my second year going to Guatemala, I go with Hearts in Motion(HIM). I initially heard about it through my good friend Jodi. Jodi was my clinical instructor when I was in PT school and we have stayed in touch since that affiliation. Jodi is now a professor at Midwestern University in Phoenix, Arizona. She organizes a group of students to go to Guatemala every year, and luckily she lets me come along to supervise/teach the students. Last year I remember thinking that we needed a more multi-disciplinary group to treat patients because we saw patients with occupational therapy and speech therapy needs. This year I invited my friend Tiffany who is an OT to come along, and Jodi said she could come! That's what I love about Jodi, she has a "more the merrier" outlook, and makes the trip inclusive and fun for everyone! Long story short we had SUCH a good time. One of my favorite things about Guatemala is spending a week with my best therapist friends! If you are interested in getting involved with Hearts in Motion, you don't have to be affiliated with a university, you can get together a group of coworkers or join another group that is already scheduled! Just go to http://www.heartsinmotion.org and sign up for email updates(they'll send out emails when they need more people for a trip) Or you can contact them and set up a trip! Hearts in Motion is a faith based organization, but you don't have to be Christian to go-all you need is a servant's heart.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jodi with one of the little girls at the nutrition center, she kept telling me her name was SiSi after I told her my name was Sisi! I was legitimately confused. Was her name really Sisi? No, I asked a teacher later :)</td></tr>
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We arrive on Sunday, and get started early Monday. We treat patients Monday-Friday and then go to Antigua Saturday and Sunday for a little R&R. ๐<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An erupting volcano in Antigua! Should we have been concerned??</td></tr>
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Each day we treat patients from the area that don't have access to PT regularly. There are multiple settings; pop up clinics(at schools, parks, anywhere they can find!), established clinics(HIM clinics), the HIM orphanage/nutrition center, and volunteering at other established long term care facilities or rehab facilities that don't have the personnel to staff and treat the needs of the community.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our favorite patient at the clinic in Zacapa, he had a brain injury years ago and still isn't walking on his own. In the US he would've gone to inpatient rehab and left walking independently! We worked on walking with a new walker!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This woman was so sweet she thanked us a million times and told us she would pray for God to watch over us everywhere we go!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We saw this little girl last year! It was so great to see the progress. We gave her new braces and shoes and trained her mom to teach her to walk. She is 3 and still isn't walking independently.</td></tr>
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My favorite part about Guatemala are the Guatemalans! HIM sets up clinics every day we're there and spread the word via word of mouth and so many people show up for help. The people wait for HOURS to be seen, they are so patient and kind, they are SO grateful for the help and want to hug and bestow blessings upon you when they leave. We had some patients that had ridden buses and tuk-tuks for 6 hours to get to our clinics! You would've thought we had given them a million dollars and we just gave them some PT! There is no such thing as government assistance in Guatemala, therefore, if you are hurt and can't work hopefully you have family that will take care of you. If not, you work injured or not. There is no such thing as retirement in Guatemala, we saw patients in their 70's and 80's who still worked threshing crops everyday. They are some of the most hard working people I have ever met. There is no such thing as Early Intervention in Guatemala, we see children who are 3 years old and have never walked or crawled, and have never had any intervention. Luckily HIM has made such a lasting impression that people are starting to get their children to HIM as infants to correct deformities like club foot and cleft lip/palate. Deformities that would be corrected in the first days of an infants life in the USA are sometimes not addressed until the child is a toddler in Guatemala.<br />
My other favorite part about the trip is Nancy, she's a permanent PT from the US that lives and practices in Guatemala and organizes most of our trip. She is famous in Guatemala, you can't go anywhere without someone knowing the goodness of Nancy. She is such a good PT, person, and advocate for the Guatemalans. The love she has for human beings is obvious at all times. She is insanely organized and I've never seen her write anything down! It's amazing, she's amazing. #lifegoals<br />
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Just like last year, I made so many new friends and left with such a full heart! I love being able to help the people of Guatemala, and I love the teaching experience that Guatemala provides! As a traveler I don't get to take PT students which is a shame because I love to teach. I love watching the students learn to use the skills they have learned in PT school and learn to be resourceful.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our visit to a school that HIM has started so that kids aren't left at home alone all day. We sponsored the kiddos and took them all Christmas gifts, unfortunately they had to wait until Christmas to open the gifts. </td></tr>
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Going to Guatemala is such a humbling experience, people that have devastating injuries have such positive and loving spirits. Going to Guatemala changes you, it changed me. It changed the way I practiced PT and changed me as a human, mostly for the good, I learned that a smile, and showing some one that you care and loving them makes such a difference. Sometimes in Guatemala you feel like you aren't doing anything because you see a patient once and send them on their way, but they feel it, they're grateful and so touched by 30 minutes of our time. Sometimes I feel changed for the bad. I find myself less patient with people that complain about minor things(like having to wait 5 minutes for an appointment), or that take what they have for granted, or that take the amazing healthcare that they receive in the US for granted. We, as Americans, don't realize how good we have it. When we get sick we call the MD and usually get in to see someone the same day. We have access to Emergency care, we might have to wait a few minutes or hours but we have the access. Guatemalans don't have access to basic medical care, unless they are mega rich and they will wait ALL day for a few minutes of a physical therapist's time. We don't see how blessed and well taken care of we are, because we have always had this access. We have floors, electricity, and running water in our homes.Most Guatemalans don't have hot water, some don't have any water. We had a patient that needed a walker due to poor balance and we couldn't give her a walker because it wouldn't work on a dirt floor. Some don't have electricity and live how I would when I camp on a daily basis. Guatemalans don't have SO much that we consider basic needs in the US. YEt, despite not having much they are SO patient, kind, and thankful, and understand how "blessed" they are by a simple PT/OT clinic. I wish I could make a public service announcement about being patient with healthcare workers in the US, and play it for the world to see. But it wouldn't work, you have to go and see for yourself. Or, as a patient told Tiffany when she returned to work- people see it as "not my famine, not my problem". I encourage my readers(all 3) to be kind and patient with nurses, doctors, therapists, and other people in healthcare. We are working so hard, we are suffering from compassion fatigue, and we are doing our best. Something that is easy for Guatemalans to see but people in the first world have a problem seeing, maybe that's why I love them so much. There are bad eggs everywhere, but most of the healthcare workers I have met are amazing and we chose this job because we are loving, patient, serving, kind, and want to help you! And, The PT's and PT students that I have met serving in Guatemala are AMAZING!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorites from the trip! Jodi, Tiffany, Catch, Emily, Kim, and I under the yellow arch in Antigua.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Look at these beauties, in Antigua many of the Guatemalans still dress traditionally.</td></tr>
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Anyway, I digress. Bottom line, I love going to Guatemala and I think everyone needs an experience like this to fully understand how great we have it. You don't have to go to Guatemala- volunteer at a school, an orphanage or soup kitchen, do pro bono work, get involved and get out of your bubble! Just go and do and love people! It feels so good to do good and be appreciated for it. I love Guatemala, The End.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PT and OT at our first work day at El Centro de Rehabilitacion Fisica. We had a group of wonderful translators that are Guatemalan Kiddos that are part of a US embassy program to learn english and Translation. </td></tr>
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<b><u>The Valle</u></b><br />
Every year my dad and I put in for public land tags in New Mexico. It's not a hard process but I always get so many questions! Here is the short answer: Every year there is an application window(Mid February to Mid March), you go online to http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/hunting/. You look at the Big Game Proclamation, decide which units to apply for, create an account at https://onlinesales.wildlife.state.nm.us and follow the steps for applying for a license. Fortunately for me, 84% of tags go to NM residents, only 10% go to out of state residents, 6% to outfitters(my favorite part of the draw). The results usually come out at the end of April. All large game in NM is on a draw system, some hunts you can go annually and some are "once in a lifetime" hunts. My dad and I typically hunt the same units every year, but this year I drew a tag in the Valle Vidal, it's a once in a lifetime hunt! The elk herd in the Valle is incredible. We saw massive amounts of elk, we saw 11 bulls, passed on 4 bulls, and missed a giant before I shot my elk.<br />
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I was raised by a great hunter, he hunts to feed our family. I have never seen my dad pass on an animal because the antlers weren't big enough. I have always shot the first animal I have seen on a hunt, because you might not get another opportunity! And, because hunting in NM is HARD work. You walk miles and miles and sometimes never see so much as a fly. If you aren't walking in NM, you probably won't fill your tag.<br />
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The hard part about hunting in the Valle Vidal is the massive quantities of elk, I have never passed on an animal but there are so many elk and the Valle is so beautiful that you don't want to fill your tag the first day! It's hard to balance that with the mental "this is a once in a lifetime hunt, don't go home empty handed!" replaying through your head a million times a day.<br />
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This was probably my favorite elk hunt of my life. A few reasons; we hunted with some of the most hilarious people I've ever met, the camp was awesome, there were tons of elk, and the Valle is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been!<br />
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The thing that makes the Valle a once in a lifetime experience is just this: I passed on elk(something I have never done, nor will ever do again), we saw SO many elk, I got to hunt with my best friend, and we hunted on beautiful public land that is accessible to all americans. There are so many people that think that its the size of the animal that makes it a once in a lifetime. I disagree, if I wouldn't have missed I would've had a beautiful animal with massive antlers to EAT. The antlers would be in storage or screwed to the wall in my dad's shop just like all the rest. The experience is what made this a once in a lifetime hunt! My little 5x6 that was harvested at last light on the 2nd to last day was more of a trophy than any big animal because of the hunt required to harvest him. And, he will taste just as good :)<br />
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A little advice if you're thinking about applying for Valle Vidal: If you don't own horses, find a buddy that does! There is too much terrain to try to cover on foot. Enjoy the hunt, it is incredible.<br />
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<b><u>My Hunt</u></b><br />
Our horses were tired, we had ridden them every morning and evening hunt for 4 days straight. We gave them the night off and walked into ***** Hole(If you know where we were I'd have to kill you).<br />
We found a little meadow and posted up in some fallen aspens. We had been there an hour and half and I was getting tired and I had just said to my dad "Can we go walk to the top of the meadow?" He said "No, we're waiting until dark." I'm glad I listened because just a few minutes later he was yell whispering(if you've hunted with my dad you know exactly what I mean by yell whisper) at me to stand up. Per the usual, I was confused. So then he yell whispered "there's an elk right there" And, again, per the usual I didn't see it. I got my rifle up over a fallen tree and had to squat to shoot and he was quartered away from me and I shot at the back of the lung(the bullet we found later was underneath the skin of the opposite shoulder blade.<br />
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I was certain that I hit him, but after missing the day before my dad had lost confidence in me and he admitted later that he thought we were going to have to search for a blood trail again! I don't blame him! I missed badly on that first elk, I had such bad "buck fever" because he was massive. One more reason I'm not a horn hunter. ๐ Luckily we didn't have to go far, I walked to where he was standing when I shot and looked up about 50 feet and there he was. That is my favorite kind of shot, a quick death for the animal.<br />
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I shot my bull at last legal shooting light. So we quartered the elk, and hung the quarters/backstraps/head in trees and went in the next day to pack it out. For the record, I can gut and quarter my own animal, my dad is just so much more efficient and good at it! I am a champion leg holder and skinner!<br />
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When I was younger I hunted with my dad to spend time with him, I basically followed him everywhere and just did what he told me. I would walk around until I shot something, and the sooner the better because I got to stop walking. I wouldn't wear binoculars, and completely relied on my dad to find me an animal. Isn't that what all young hunters do? Now I hunt because I love spending time with my dad and I absolutely love hunting; I love the walking and stalking, I love wearing binoculars and spotting my own animal(but lets be really my dad still spots the majority of them ๐)I love taking advantage of our public lands. I love knowing where my food comes from, and being responsible for ethically harvesting the only sustainable source of meat. I just don't understand people who eat meat but are against hunting. I love being able to educate those opposed to hunting and many people once they understand that we aren't horn hunters, our meat is ethically harvested, and it's the only source of sustainable, organic, free range, grass fed meat they usually support hunting!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's so good at this, you'd think he's done it a million times ๐ ๐ </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He gave me the easy job, skinning the quarters. Yes I have several holes in this shirt. I've had it for 11 years, I have shot 1 deer, 3 oryx and 3 bull elk while wearing it. At this point it's lucky!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pumpkin loaded up with the front quarters and head for the walk out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, Lilly, you were such a gem. Was this a fluke or are you finally "maturing"?<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking out</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Back at the truck we finally had a proper rest for a timed photo, #sophisticatedselfie<br /></td></tr>
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Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-21078982366108737052016-10-14T13:21:00.003-07:002016-10-14T13:45:51.573-07:00Travel Physical Therapy Life FAQ'sAs a traveler I get so many questions about housing, assignment length, meeting people, etc. So I thought I would address all questions in one place! If you are a PT or looking to get into the traveling life feel free to ask any questions, I'm happy to help!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is an old picture but it was taken as I was leaving for an assignment in California. That's my travel shirt!</td></tr>
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<b>Q: How do you get your jobs?</b><br />
A: I work with a recruiter and they honestly do all of the hard work! It is important to work with several different recruiters big and small to ensure that you increase your odds at getting a contract in the location/setting that you want.<br />
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<b>Q: How do you decide where to go?</b></div>
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A: You have to have a state license in each separate state you want to work. This is the hardest part! So far I have 7 state licenses: NM, CO, TX, CA, HI, AK, NY. I get to choose where I want to go. I decide where I want to be then my recruiter sends me a list of the possibilities and I decide where she submits my profile. After the hospital has my profile we do a phone interview and I can either accept or decline the contract. The cool part is-I'm totally in control!</div>
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A: Nope, but that's OK! You usually have to be flexible on either the location or the setting. I have seriously lucked out on getting some great assignments in great cities/hospitals. Honestly, it is hard to get placements in big cities because everyone wants to work there! Patience definitely pays off so I make sure to save up so that I don't get in a hurry and accept a bad placement because of financial reasons. </div>
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A: It depends on the contract and need of the hospital. My shortest has been 8 weeks and my longest has been 6 months. I usually have a 13 week contract and extend my contract based on the hospital's request and how much I like the place ;)</div>
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A: Everywhere! That's what I love about being a PT! We can work in so many different fields. I prefer hospital based PT and acute inpatient rehab. I've also worked in outpatient and home health PT.</div>
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A: I live in temporary furnished housing that I find on AirBnB, VRBO, or craigslist. Renters on AirBnB and VRBO are usually very accommodating to monthly renters because it saves them cleaning time and they are guaranteed the month long rent vs gambling on weekend rentals.</div>
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I've lived in a cute condo by the beach in Santa Barbara, and a cute converted garage studio in Redding. </div>
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A: I own a Subaru Crosstrek and I pack what ever fits in my car! I also have a ski rack and bike rack so if I accept an assignment in the mountains I take my bike and skis. I'm obsessed with coffee, camping, and being outside. So I pack my french press, my camping gear, my cooler full of green chile, clothes/shoes/toiletries, and anything other gear I might need. I'm on my way to Steamboat Springs, CO so I'll pack my snowshoes and a bunch of cold weather gear. Being a single woman, I always pack a gun, better safe than sorry!</div>
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A: Never say no an invitation! Seriously, prior to traveling I didn't like to go to events by myself. When I decided to travel I made myself a promise that I would go to everything I was invited to! Most hospitals have several travelers, speech pathologists, nurses, occupational therapists, and most travelers are lonely and want people to hang out with too! So exchange numbers and invite your co-workers along! To be honest I don't make a whole lot of friends outside of work but if I have it's because I got involved! I volunteered for races, kayaked at national parks, hung out with my roommates, etc. </div>
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<li>Houston, Texas (twice) </li>
<li>Meeker, Colorado</li>
<li>Boise, Idaho</li>
<li>South Lake Tahoe, California</li>
<li>Santa Barbara, California</li>
<li>Albuquerque, New Mexico</li>
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A: This is such a hard question, I've loved different places for different reasons and there's always a positive/negative no matter where you go.</div>
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I love working in Houston, my co-workers are the best and working in the medical center is mind blowing but the commute was awful and there is nothing to do for an outdoorsy girl! I love South Lake Tahoe because it is so beautiful and my type of place, but it was really hard to make friends. Redding was so fun, super accessible to the outdoors and awesome trails but it's so hot and there's a pretty bad drug/homeless person problem :/ so I couldn't live there long term. Santa Barbara was amazing all around, beautiful area, awesome friends, amazing location-but SO expensive!</div>
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A: I try to experience the local area when I'm assigned somewhere, so I've been to a lot of National Parks(they're my favorite)! Whiskey town, Redwoods, Yosemite, Mt. Lassen, Crater Lake, Joshua Tree, Death Valley, White Sands. </div>
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I also love to travel internationally! I've been to South Africa(twice), Germany, Italy(twice), Montenegro, Vatican, Thailand, Belgium, Amsterdam, Brugge, Greece, Canada, Mexico, Bonaire, St. Thomas, St. Martin, Barbados, Puerto Rico, Antigua.</div>
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A: Yosemite, Joshua Tree, Amsterdam, Mykonos, Thailand, Montenegro. </div>
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A: Schedule! When I'm on assignment I pre-schedule time off with the hospital(it's in my contract before I start). I usually don't take any time off during my assignments and I usually take a few weeks/month off between contracts. Since I do contract work and I only scheduled for 3-6 months at a time and plan my personal travel between contracts. </div>
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A: Everywhere! I'm usually traveling when I'm not working but when I'm not traveling I go visit people and stay with them. Also, my parents have graciously stored all of my stuff the last three years so I go "visit"(read stay) with them and re-pack my car for the new season! Seriously, if you ever offer me a spot on your couch or a spare bedroom I will come visit. </div>
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Sierra Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00557932377859053600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745553297577944538.post-25629112055104826712016-10-13T18:10:00.004-07:002016-10-13T18:57:16.524-07:00When in Rome, or Naples, or Montenegro, or Greece<br />
Years ago, I promised my niece and nephew that I would take them anywhere in the world for high school graduation. My nephew is easy, and happily reported that he wanted to go to Fenway Park in Boston. My niece had a difficult time choosing and wanted to go to either Italy, Greece, or Australia. She finally decided to go to Italy, and when I booked the trip I realize how easy it would be to see Greece also.<br />
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For her first time in Europe I wanted her to see as much as possible with as little planning as possible! I hate planning and while trying to plan our trip I randomly googled Mediterranean cruises and found a Cruise that went from Rome>Naples>Kusadasi>Istanbul>Crete>Mykonos>Athens. So you're telling me we get to see all these places and I don't have to plan or pack my bag or worry about our safety on trains? SOLD!<br />
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While on a trip to NYC news broke that Turkey was in the middle of a Military Coup and was unsafe. The cruise line immediately rebooked our trip and instead we went to Montenegro and Corfu,Greece.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WE MADE IT TO ROME!!!!</td></tr>
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We flew into Rome and out of Athens and I booked two days in both cities so that we could fully see those two cities too!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cutest tourist in the world! We were so Jet lagged but so excited!!</td></tr>
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Rome, what can I say? It's literally one of my favorite places in the world! The pizza, coffee, people, tiramisu, sights, history, and gelato are indescribable! In Rome we stayed in a B&B called Domus Alberti, ran by a man named Federico, he was so kind and said Cรญao with 11 O's so it was more like Ciaoooooooooooooo! He also put 15 parentheses on smiley faces so they were like really smiley, so Caylei and I write these things to each other often! :-))))))))))))))))<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Legend has it that if you throw 2 coins into the Trevi fountain you'll return to Rome and fall in love with a Roman, we obviously threw two!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the Colliseum, luckily we purchased tickets ahead of time, I would highly suggest it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This door is in the Roman Forum and dates back to BC, its so beautiful!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trevi Fountain, eat at the Gelateria in the plaza by the fountain!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pantheon, such a cool building!</td></tr>
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The Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel are hands down the most amazing thing in Europe!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The staircase up to the museum.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a pretty cross</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stairs leaving the Chapel, I dream about taking a picture of this sans people. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like this photo because pictures aren't allowed in the chapel, so Caylei secretly took this one! Her Forehead is the evidence!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I tried explaining how good the Tiramisu was in Italy, she finally understands!</td></tr>
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Next we went to Naples! We were so excited about Hiking Mt. Vesuvius and eating Napoli pizza. Naples was quite the adventure, we left the boat and found a shuttle to Pompei that would let us look around for an hour then drive us up to Mt. Vesuvius, we could hike up to the top then it would drive us back to the ship. Once at Pompei we realized that the drive to Mt. Vesuvius was so long that we would likely miss Naples Pizza, we were so sad but not for long because we were so excited to hike a Volcano!!<br />
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We took the shuttle up to Mt. Vesuvius and hiked the 4 mile hike. It was so cool and one of the most beautiful views of the trip! On our way back down the shuttle brakes started to smoke, so we were stuck on the side of the road for quite sometime while the driver figured out what was going on. We quickly realized that due to the time delay we weren't going to make it back to the ship on time! The shuttle coordinated a drop off with another trolley that took us back to the ship, we just had to risk a road side shuffle between shuttles. Once on the trolley we made a friend that said that he was planning on getting a pizza before boarding the ship, What?! We thought we were out of time and were going to miss the ship! We were 1/2 an hour early and we were able to find a trattoria that was closing up for siesta. They were kind enough to reheat the pizza oven and make us pizzas! We made it back to the ship with time to spare!! And... The pizza in Naples is devine!!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We made it!! (This is where the jumping series began!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caylei spotted a vent that was steaming!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caylei got an "iced coffee" and it was a coffee and ice cream float! We went back for seconds on our way back to the boat.</td></tr>
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So then...we went to Corfu Greece, an we didn't take a single picture. It was a small, dirty, stinky, hot, dry island. We were so disappointed #firstworldproblems #disappointedbyagreekisland<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This adorable man on the bus showed us this beach, coffee, beer, food 2.50$ And... they serve the most amazing chips with every beer. "I know the guy"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh these Greeks and their mixed grill, mmmmmm. And the tzaziki! </td></tr>
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Mykonos was unreal, one of my favorite places ever! We ate some decent food, got attacked by a Pelican, and got called sisters more than once!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My beautiful model. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wind was out of control!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All that jumping made us hungry! The server at this restaurant said we looked so much alike is was like I was copied and pasted onto KK's face! #copypaste</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is MY bread and pasta! Apparently he was the restaurant pet :)<br />
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Athens, so hot right now. No really, Athens was 500 million degrees. We tried to tourist early in the AM or late in the PM and nap during the heat of the day. We saw all of the old relics and ate sooooo many Greek salads... mmmm We thought we didn't like Feta or Greek olives, we were wrong.<br />
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FYI-The ground is called the Acropolis and there are many old relics on it, the one structure is called the Parthenon. My only complaint is that there was too much modern lighting, handrails, and boundary fence. You could hardly get a photo without a modern chunk of metal in your pictures. I wish they had consulted a historic architect(does that exist?) or used more natural materials.<br />
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On our last night in Greece we went to this square close to our hotel because, well... Pinterest said we couldn't miss it! So we went there and it was weird. Lots of people just hanging out. Well KK and I got the creeps so we were standing by a fountain, right next to a few american men. We stood there for a minute before deciding to leave. Right before we left this creeper walked up to me and told me how beautiful I am, then fist bumped me and said bye bye. Not sure why foreigners love the phrase bye bye??But they do so...now KK and I say it all the time! This was one of our favorite quotes of the trip.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Parthenon(there was a crane inside of it for restoration)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The amphitheater at the Acropolis</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jump at the Parthenon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I jumped off of the first place podium obviously.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original Olympic Stadium</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caylei's face every time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What's that in the background? Just the Parthenon NBD.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our last Greek snack: Baklava, homemade lemonade, and a "greek" coffee. Our seats and table were build into an old ancient staircase. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">This was THE cutest restaurant in the Plaka(old part of Athens). You have to stay here if you visit Athens-everything was within walking distance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of the restaurants build their seating into this staircase, it was SOO cute!</td></tr>
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I frequently think about this trip, and I want to go back sooooooo badly. If I were to go back I would definitely go during a cooler time, and now that we know we love Montenegro/Mykonos I would go back there and explore locally! Feel free to comment and ask questions about the trip, I have too many suggestions to write!<br /><br />
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