All in a week`s work!

Our first week of the 4 week break from school has been a busy one......
We visited Kakulu at home in Kiryanongo.

We spent all day on Wednesday at Katalemwa Rehab Centre getting chairs, standing frames and splints for Ivan, Fatiya, Daniel and Hassan.....

We had our monthly community outreach session on Friday which went very well but a new child came along with his Father suffering either from a strange kind of epilepsy or perhaps even 'Nodding Disease' which has been in the news recently as there have been many cases of it in Northern Uganda. Doctor`s are not yet certain of the cause and as yet, there is no cure! We sent them to the local hospital and are trying to find out what happened but as is often the case here......Dad`s phone is off!
Hassan did not enjoy the community session so much as the Physio put Plaster Of Paris on his feet to keep them straight until we receive his splints from Katalemwa.

Sadly on wednesday we also said goodbye to Emma a trainee Physio from England who had been with us for just over a week. She helped us with writing up Physio Programmes (with photos too!) for all of our children.

A highlight this week for me has been re-starting Luganda lessons. A teacher from Kampala came and taught me for 2 hours on Thursday and I actually managed to focus for the whole time which is a bit miraculous! Since then I have been reading children`s Luganda books with my housemate Christine who is Ugandan and a very good teacher :)
Just as she chuckles at my Luganda, I sometimes have a giggle at her Ugandan English. Earlier she was telling me that she saw a friend at the hospital but she didn`t greet him because he was "visiting his handkerchief!" I love the Ugandan version of English that we speak here.
I must sign off here before my head starts "paining."