Welcome to Jackie's Blog

I'm so excited to be traveling to Freetown, Sierra Leone to serve on Mercy Ships as admin. to the medical staff on board the Africa Mercy. Many of you have asked me to post a blog of my journey; I'll try to keep you updated as best I can. I will miss you all and thank you for your prayers!

Disclaimer: This blog is my personal experience and opinion and opinions,conclusions and other information expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of Mercy Ships.



Wednesday, March 23, 2011


We had our hospital Open House. This was so much fun... inserted an IV; stitched up a wound; performed CPR; and, best of all...lanced a boil (mayo & ketchup for bloody pus) and drained a humongous hematoma! It was great fun. The picture you see is of me learning how to intubate a patient...I'm sure I chipped his front teeth with the scope and ripped out his vocal cords inserting the tube...fortunately it was only a mannequin. 

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