Baby Gwen

Are you wondering what this is? I'll give you 3 guesses...have you made your guesses? Well, I am sure you guessed wrong! This picture is of an instrument used to hear a baby's heartbeat. Wow. Let me give you some background to this picture. This morning I went to the "doctor's" for a simple check up to make sure Gwen is good to fly home in a few weeks. I went with an interpreter because I obviously needed someone along to interpret for me!
Many things are about connections around here and about who you know. We connected with someone in our church and she made a call to a doctor friend of hers. So off we went this morning (it was just Tanya and me). We took the bus to where this woman's clinic was located. We (Tanya) asked a few women along the way if we were headed in the right direction. We arrived, checked our coats, got some plastic (they look like shower caps) to put over our shoes, and then sat and waited. We were able to "cut" in line since the doctor was expecting us. The room was her office and then off of the office was the "examining" room. I walked in and I felt like I was at COSI (a science museum for kids in Columbus, OH) looking at a display of doctor's things from years ago! The doctor listened to the heartbeat and felt the baby. She said the baby was little, but everything was good. She also took my blood pressure. That was about it! We were done. It makes me thankful for the resources and doctors we have in the States. I don't think I'll complain about waiting in the waiting room at the doctor's office anymore:)!

Blessings,
Philip, Kara, Adalynn, and a small baby Gwen