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Embargoed posts from April!!
I finally got the go-ahead to publicly post four pieces I had written while in Sierra Leone. For those of you who were interested (and frustrated), here are the links: https://morethanfoursides.com/after-the-red-zone/ https://morethanfoursides.com/rr-at-the-beach/ https://morethanfoursides.com/in-the-hot-zone/ https://morethanfoursides.com/practice-in-the-mock-etu/ I think they might be listed in reverse chronological order. I think I probably need to read them again, myself. At…
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Running in Sierra Leone – part 2
A friend asked me about not finishing the C25K program, and, I realized that I managed to get myself distracted midway through my last post, and didn’t reveal my triumph! I did finish! I don’t know if you can see it, but the top entry is Week 8 Day 3, and marked the final run…
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Running in Sierra Leone
I have tried to complete the Couch-2-5K (C25K) program more times that I care to count. I always get to the 5 week mark, and then fall off. It is often said that doing anything for 2 weeks forms a habit, well, 5 weeks didn’t do it for me numerous times. And it isn’t because…
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Reentry
Folks have asked me how “reentry” was, coming back from Sierra Leone to the US. And I keep wondering how to write about it here. I’ve been stalled, to some degree, by the fact that four of the posts that I wrote while I was there are still “quarantined” – they have yet to be…
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Do these look like keys?
I read this week about the tradition of Schissel Challah, a loaf baked in the shape of a key, or with an actual key baked into it, served on the first Shabbat after Passover. Here’s one link, with explanations. And here’s another link, with better explanations. I’m afraid my keys don’t look much like…
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Chag Pesach Sameach – next year!
In a few hours, my family and friends, and community, will sit down to retell the story of the enslavement of the Hebrews under Pharoah in ancient Egypt, and the remarkable events that led up to their release, and beginning their journey to the Promised Land (or not). This year, I will not be celebrating…
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Time zone blues
It is now 6:34 am, and I am awake and dressed. Last night, I set my phone alarm for 6:45am. It went off, and I hit the snooze button a couple of times before rising and at 7. So, how can it be 6:34, now? Because apparently, England jumped forward to DST during the night,…
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After the Red Zone
When the decision was made to remove all ex-patriots (ie non-Sierra Leoneans) working at the Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) – ie the Red Zone -, we were reassigned to various other activities in the Port Loko area. My assignment was to the government hospital, which is in the process of being upgraded, and ramped up…
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Partners In Health Clinician Admitted for Ebola Treatment | Partners In Health
Partners In Health Clinician Admitted for Ebola Treatment | Partners In Health. Please rest assured that this clinician is NOT me! Partners In Health is doing everything possible to take care of this individual, and to maintain the safety and well-being of all of us here. In addition, the media/communications personnel of PIH are obviously…
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R&R at the beach
Today we had a day off, and were lucky enough to be able to join with about a half dozen of our colleagues for a day trip to the beach, about 2 hours away from the ETU. It was amazing, and a little surreal – so lovely to spend some time swimming in the ocean,…
