To serve our Fatherland

Even good things come to an end. Chai! Writing this is painful because today I held back tears. As early as 3am I heard "Corper don blow..." and quite some noise as people were either getting ready or already making their way to drop their mattress...dunno. Billy even sent me a message saying "Corper don blow .. Lol! I went back to sleep abeg. Yesterday I packed my things from F2, my hostel and brought it to the clinic...Mini helped me carry them. Not much though...small box and an empty carrier bag. I got up later to meet people dressed and a long queue of people submitting their mattresses. Guys where are you running to???? I hear some were woken up as early as 2am, y'all extra!!!! After taking my bath and dressing up, TomTom helped me get my mattress from my hostel so I can submit it. That mattress storage room is so stuffy! Well, we finished and I repacked and the clinic was cleaned out. I mean CLEANED OUT. Drug cabinet, beds, examining bench, chairs, ...

We threw a party!!!! Kai! If we draw a curve to show how the number of patients have dipped eh, you'll laugh. I mean people still come for common cold issues and also insect bites (well done Mr Skirt and Blouse/ electric insect! 🙄) but we sit and wait and nothing ghen ghen happens. Except bad alcohol behaviour one time and another time (that matter was wayyyyyy milder) and then distressing cough. The sacrifice of Piriton that was the restocking is even finished sef. What happened today? Here's a random sharing as usual. Someone had a fever and came straight to the pharmacy/me to ask for anti-malaria drugs. I told him to go through the (very free as no patient was there) proper channel so he can be registered properly and given a paper so I can see him. He was most likely febrile and I knew it. Only for him to complain about that and went out and continued going towards the hostel. I had to go out to beg that he stays for them to check his vitals before I see him. I reall...

If needle come one way, take leg comot another way! Today was basic...well until we went to collect allawee. Hallelujah Jesus reigns! But why is it that the allawee isn't put in an envelope with my name on it? But you guys know my name!!!! You know my number!!!!! Why???? Make me happy and give me nicely. Thank you for giving me regardless. Thanks for coming to my TED talk. Not many people have been coming to the clinic oh. Even those with drugs are already healed. Drugs like Loratidine and Piriton are like gold! Barely available. Camp is ending they say but we have painkillers and some IV sha. Some had a broken bottle piece pierce the heel of his foot. After cleaning and all (because it really did bleed a bit...but shouldn't be up to 10ml... maybe 5ml sef), he was to get TT. That was how dude went away. By the time he came back finally he told us he ran away because of the TT. When it was time to give him, you should see how he had to be held down. Almost a battle to get ...

We're taking clinic pictures today! It's Sunday but I didn't go to church. I had a lazy day really. In fact maybe we all did. I know Dr Chris was threatening to get P-Alaxin to me from today but we bless God that there is NONE!!!! Hallelujah. Even Mini wants me to take it when he couldn't even complete his course with it when he had to take it...stuff broke him down the more sef. I'm hearing that the lady who is asthmatic and who we had sent home about 2 weeks ago and re-sent home again some days ago; is still breathing Afikpo camp air!!! It is well. By afternoon we had the photographer come and we took pictures, all clinic staff...well almost all because some people are not around. I hear that Platoon 7 came 1st in football today. They played the finals with Platoon 1. TomTom went to support his platoon 1. Abeg they tried. I wanted them to win because their leader Gideon seems like such a good leader. Gideon can disturb us in the clinic oh, come to rant ab...

**Kai! Ideally this is a day after the camp has ended but I must update this blog from my diary. Here it is.** ***** Today started out cold. Harmattan is real oh. I had gone out to check FBS for one of the camp officials as Dr Chris had earlier instructed. I saw Ponmile going to get his costume for the carnival today and I also saw them setting up for it. Still wasn't feeling so good. I really just wanted to lay down in bed all day.  It was carnival day and it started at about 10am or was it 9am? But who starts so early and ends at about 2pm? Na we for Afikpo! It seems like they had fun sha. All the music and razzmattaz. I didn't even bring jeans to wear sef. Mini really made sure I was taken care of and everyone in the clinic did same for me. Got IM PCM when my temperature started to rise. Later Dr Chris came and said he will give me P-Alaxin. Ah!!!! I'm not taking please 😭. Then Billy came to see me. I felt a lot better by then. Thank you so much guy...

What's up?????? That was how I spent about an hour looking for the girl with the shoulder dislocation/pain with Dr Chris. Omo we went from OBS to Jamaica hall to Catering practicals (SAED class) to State coordinator's office! This morning started with us having the camp director around to speak with the patient who had an asthmatic attack last night... edakun, please go home for your health sake. That really was his message. And then looking for the lady as described above. We didn't see her oh. I sent her a text after calling her switched off phone for a while and later in the afternoon she called me when I was back in the clinic. She waited for Dr Chris and everybody is fine. She's not going home💃💃💃 Ah another gist: Mini's phone went missing! Omo we searched for it eh. I had called him before and he didn't pick, I thought he was busy but apparently he was called out to be interviewed by a possible place of primary assignment (PPA). When he came back...