Today was the last day in clinic. It was like any other day. A steady stream of patients. Headaches, fever, lower abdominal pain. Check malaria, check typhoid, check urine. Give Bactrium, give Coartem, PCM 500mg TID x five days. Hugs and pictures at the end of it. I will miss Dr. Msengi and Dr. Bon. Mama JJ, Jimmy, and all the other staff members will be missed as well. I will miss the shit out of the patients. The friendly ones, the grouchy ones, the tough ones, the funny ones, the incoherent ones. While I don’t plan on coming back to Tanzania anytime soon, pieces of this experience will stay with me for a very long time.
I’ve had a wonderful time on this trip.
More importantly, I am leaving this place better than I found it (even if it is only a little bit).
The trip has been a success.
Life is good right now.
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