Damien’s medical mysteries
Thanks Ian, for pointing out:
Damien’s health seemed to be taking backward steps since his release from hospital three days earlier. Intense waves of abdominal pain were plaguing him…
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Hospitalization in Jo’burg
Just came across this:
Renowned as a city of great opportunity for the ambitious, Johannesburg (a.k.a. Jo’burg, Jozie) also has a reputation for being aggressive, and reports of violent crime are rife. Naturally I was a little nervous about our arrival in this big smoke.
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Plan B: The medical evacuation
Interesting:
After five days in the intensive care unit following his emergency surgery Damien was making slow progress towards recovery
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Knighty lives! Thankyou Spirit in the sky
Johnny emailed us this:
Just after 1.30am an American surgeon tapped me on the shoulder. He explained that Damien had needed to be resuscitated on the operating table and that he had suffered extensive internal injuries
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Cycling with Damien (Part 1: The incident)
Interesting:
After a not so quick tent packing Damien and I took to the roads of Lilongwe, excited about our first day of riding together…and what a day it turned out to be. Perhaps the scarest ride of my life so far.
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Cycling with Damien (Part 4: Emergency surgery)
This is an interesting post:
Yet another hour passed before I was able to personally deliver Damien’s x-ray and ultrasound scans to the doctor. I watched as he inspected them against the dim glow of the hospital ceiling light. Panic suddenly crept across his face…
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Cycling with Damien (Part 3: Hospital nightmares)
Interesting:
The emergency ward was packed. Injured people lined the walls outside the doctor’s room, two with pools of blood slowly gathering on the bare concrete floor beneath their long bench seat.
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Cycling with Damien (Part 2: A painful journey)
This is interesting:
When I reached the crowd I saw Damien in the centre lying on the dusty ground staring blankly at the sky. His shirt was in tatters and large patches of skin were missing on his elbows and knees, with the underlying white connective tissue exposed
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All hail the arrival of one Damien Knight
Jamie emailed us this:
After paying off the policeman who had stopped the taxi I was travelling in, we continued to the Lilongwe airport in Malawi to meet my old school friend Damien Knight - bald tyres and all.
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The children of Nkhata Bay
Just came across this:
According to a 2004 UN report Malawi is ranked 13th in the list of ‘least livable countires’ with an annual GDP of just US$600 per capita. Needless to say, most people live very simply…
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