Mrs Coker

Sadly Mrs Coker, the Matron of King George VI home for the elderly, passed away lasy night (19/02/11).

Mrs Coker

I visited her in hospital last week and she was very poorly, but in good spirits. I went to see her again on Monday and she had deteriorated a lot and was very confused. I've just spoken to her brother who told me the sad news.

May she rest in peace.

Sports Day

The Glorious Community Primary School had their sports day today. It was fun, but I couldn't tell you who won!





The young ones lining up.....



.....and they're off!



The older boys race



The sack race



Update on Mary

Last September I posted about Mary, the daughter of our security guard, who was badly burnt by hot water (here's the link to the original post: http://minklemar.blogspot.com/2010/09/hot-water.html). Her Mum bought her to see me yesterday and here are a couple of photos showing how she is now. She's quite badly scarred but her Mum assured me that she's not in any discomfort.

Kittens

Honey with her 5 kittens, aren't they lovely?

Ramatu - What a Difference!

Ramatu - Looking Great!

I popped in to see how Ramatu is doing yesterday and it was like seeing a completely different girl! As I approached the house she was sitting outside in a wheelchair and as I got closer I could see straightaway that she was much better than when I saw her last week - she had a great big smile on her face!!

The change to her epilepsy medication means that her fits are under control again - both Ramatu and Melrose (the lady who runs the home) told me that she hadn't had a fit for 3 days. Her sores are healing up nicely and her strength is coming back.

Me with Ramatu

Max, my friend who runs the Epilepsy Association for Sierra Leone, is going to monitor Ramatu and also contact a Sickle Cell Society to find out how she can be helped in that area and also to make sure that any treatment won't react badly with her epilepsy treatment

I'm thrilled that she is so much better and so thankful to Melrose for taking such good care of her.

Ramatu even told me yesterday that she wants to go back to school!!