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Monthly Archives: February 2011 I have yet another sad story for you all. This is Mikisa Mae [or Mimae, as we’re calling her]. She’s 6 years old. She weighs 20 pounds. Our 9 month old, Ellie, weighs 23 pounds. Her mother abandoned her in a ditch when she was 3 and hasn’t been heard from since. A kind neighbor…  Warning: the pictures in this post are not pretty. Click on a thumbnail if you want to see the full size picture. This has been a very African week…so much pain. Two weeks ago a little boy was discharged from Masindi Hospital looking like this: Like most Ugandans, his mom burns their trash in the…  Today has been the most African of days. Beautiful and horrendous all at once. It began when we woke up and remembered that our house was filled with bat guano and termites from the ceiling catastrophe of the night before. I left early for the clinic and Rachel stayed home to try and get the… 
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