It was quiet during our morning shift, no new
admissions which would be good if it persists.
But in the next district of Bombali where Makeni is, the ETC has a surge
of new Ebola cases.
All the patients in the Probable and Suspected Wards
are quite stable, it is possible that all of them are going to be tested
negative for Ebola. The only two
patients we have in the Confirmed Ward are rather ill with ten-year-old Yaema going downhill fairly rapidly. Her
family is under quarantine and no one could come out to visit her which does
not help her to recover. Yesterday she
was able to resist being touched and examined but today she hardly protested
except she screamed when her dressing on her foot was changed. She no longer calls for her Ya.
Blood continues to ooze from her gums as she lies on her side, with a
chux placed near her mouth to catch the drips.
She stops drinking altogether but Ebola continues to make her guts runny.
Doris in the same room with Yaema continues to
struggle bravely; she still has the strength to walk on her own power. Looking at her she does seem to grow weaker,
eating only small amounts and getting exhausted very quickly. She dozes off as I speak to her and always
insisting that she is fine. They each
have their own caretaker, a luxury compared to Bong ETU.
Marie's second Ebola test is negative, that is
very good news indeed. She and her cute
baby went into the shower to get washed with 0.05% and the rinsed with water.
Her baby screamed as she was being doused but to me that is the scream of joy;
no Ebola!
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