The Mosque call to pray is at 4:30 am, the chickens and roosters start at 5:00 am and the trucks start moving at 6. That was our early morning introduction to life in Galmi. We spent 2 1/2 days with the Laus', getting a hands on experience of their day to day life. We toured the hospital, toured a bush village, Gary spoke at an evening church service and addressed the Galmi Hospital staff twice, enjoyed time with the Laus' in their home and went fossil hunting on the hillside overlooking the entire city of Galmi. We flew back to Niamey on Wed. afternoon on a Piper Saratoga 6 seater, then flew out early Thursday morning to Casablanca. We will be spending a couple of nights in Rabat with the Jones' before we head back home on Sunday morning.
We were able to visit with Dr. Hal Vick who was in Galmi covering for Kendrick while the conference was going on.
Dr. Vick delivered all three of our kids and one of the
Stubblefield kids (in the states not in Galmi).
Rose was able to spend sometime with Dr. Vick in the
hospital and had this to say: "I got to accompany Dr. Vick
on his rounds. Dr. Vick initiated having me hold a cute little
newborn baby. So small. He sees things here that he's only
seen in the States 1x in his 33 years of practicing:
Preeclamptic seizure on a 15-year old who had a c-section."
*UPDATE* Here is an older article about Dr. Vick in Niger from one of his previous trips. Thanks Jill!:
http://www.medicalteams.org/sf/about_us/media_center/articles/08-07-07/Obstetrician_Delivers_Babies_and_Hope_in_Niger.aspx
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