you're going to eat what??

today, one of the nurses proclaimed she was going to eat one of the crickets/grasshopper/giant green bugs that hang out around the hospital and the city in general.  i don't know if she was teasing us or was serious - she literally had it (dead and kinda of dried?) behind her ear and was saving it for later!!  but, since we generally jump at the sight of all bugs, she may have been teasing us.  i don't want to eat any bugs while i'm here (i feel it necessary to make that statement known). 

we went to a new canteen yesterday - a sit down meal.  i had rice and veggies and the ever bold nameeta had chips my eye - which is a french fry omelet!  i think she really liked it.  we went back today for more rice and veggies.  we have become pretty tight with the guy who runs the place.  besties for life, i'm sure. 

we still have a few kids on the ward who we are waiting for diagnoses on.... supporting them hopefully until we can figure out how to treat them.  this morning, we had an eventful moment with a little septic shock, which we managed to manage... the kid was eating chicken soup by this afternoon!  these children are quite resilient and laugh in the face of chemo/infection/side effects! 

we also watched some of the kids get their spinal taps- they just sit there, calmly and get their taps without sedation - very different than at home. 

and, now we are home getting ready to have some fish made by the wonderful hilda.  i asked hilda if she would come live with me at home so i could continue to eat her wondeful food.  she told me i should stay here.  when i told her my mom wouldn't like that much, she said - stay for 6 months, go back, say hi to momma, then come back to Tanzania.  i'm still pretty sure my mom wouldn't like that.