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Restoring her voice

In between the routine patients, standard surgeries, and minor problems which color the background of my work at Kijabe come patients with heart-wrenching stories, difficult problems, and occasionally triumphs. https://youtu.be/EwCiPQEsp28 I took the camera with me for a day in theatre (the operating room). Don’t worry, you won’t see anything too graphic. The patient featuredContinueContinue reading “Restoring her voice”

Stories from the Road: AIC-CURE Children’s Hospital of Kenya

Click to read the full article The bulletin is a news publication by the American Academy of Otolaryngology. It’s cool to see our national academy taking an interest in the work at Kijabe. I was able to work with Dr. Belcher and the team when they visited last year. Since the team’s last visit, theContinueContinue reading “Stories from the Road: AIC-CURE Children’s Hospital of Kenya”

October 2024 Update

Greetings friends,      Thank you for caring about our neighbors and our family in Kijabe. This fall has continued to be an interesting time, with encouraging events like rebuilding from the floods and new families moving to Kijabe, and challenges like national strikes over education and healthcare. Continue below to hear a patient story, a libraryContinueContinue reading “October 2024 Update”

June Update 2024

Greetings from a wet and chilly Kijabe! Yes, it is still raining, but we have lots of exciting news to share with you despite the damp weather.  https://youtu.be/8d5JeECsxI4 Don’t feel like reading? You can watch the highlights right here! First and foremost, Emma is here! We are so grateful for a safe delivery and EmmaContinueContinue reading “June Update 2024”

Landslide Update 2

It had been a dry week in Kijabe since our last update. Road work has continued, the water supply to the hospital has been restored, and things were getting back to normal.

Then two nights ago there was another mudslide, this time a kilometer south of our house- three are still missing, feared to have perished after being trapped by the mud. The Red Cross was…

Landslide Update

Kijabe received 2.5 inches of rain last night, which has continued to fill the ravines uphill from the railroad tracks. Efforts to pump out the water have been hampered by the unstable ground- the teams were not able to reach the ravines this morning to continue. More landslides are expected, and people are being asked to evacuate

Trip to Tenwek

This past week I traveled to Tenwek at the behest of the new Kenyan neurosurgeon at the hospital. He had arranged for a visiting American neurosurgeon and myself to do two transphenoidal pituitary cases together to give him more experience. Tenwek is a mission hospital in Bomet, usually about 4 hours away. There were massiveContinueContinue reading “Trip to Tenwek”

Day Trip to Nairobi

Many have been curious about what it’s like going to the doctor in Kenya, so I thought I would share my day with you. Yesterday, I had my 32 week appointment with my OB in Nairobi; we just have a few more weeks until we get to meet our baby girl! There are many wonderfulContinueContinue reading “Day Trip to Nairobi”