March 8th; Our last day at Wana Duma House

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Today is our last day at Wana Duma house, and Dr. Steve is scheduled to see a large number of patients. Downstairs, I play folk songs for the children while they draw crayon pictures of flowers, houses, families, and animals. If I leave my guitar lying around unattended one of the children takes the instrument into their hands and begins to strum away. There are a group of young girls who whisper in hushed voices, occasionally stealing a glance my way.

Upstairs, Dr. Steve treats patients suffering from HIV/AIDS, asthma, and diarrhea (for which he prescribes green bananas), and goes through each patient's medical history and conducts physical exams. After seeing fifteen patients today, around five last evening, twenty the day before, and a few more in between, Dr. Steve has compiled files for over 30 children and young adults during the course of our stay. The pharmacy will provide the necessary medicines Dr. Steve has prescribed.

In our room, we collect our belongings together and organize our suitcase. Tomorrow, Suzanne is taking us to stay at Sunbird Ecolodge above Lake Nakuru, where we will spend the rest of our stay in Kenya. We say our goodbyes to Mercy, who is leaving to stay with her Grandmother. Doula left the day before to begin a new term of school, and the house has an empty feel as we pack our luggage. For dinner, Susan purchased Talapia from the market, which she fries in butter with herbs and serves with steamed vegetables. After dinner, we read in the common room before heading off to bed.