Bradley had quite a bad night coughing, I was up a couple of times giving him calpol, water and putting the fan on as quite hot. I took him off to school however I told the teachers if he didn’t feel well to phone me. When I picked him up from school he seemed okay until I bought him an ice-cream which resulted in his breathing becoming very rapid, I phoned Paul to see if he was on his way home. I undressed Bradley to cool him down and gave him some honey and lemon he also managed to eat his lunch.
By the time Paul had arrived Bradley had fallen a sleep we woke him and took him to the Africmed Clinic, it was a short wait before a nurse took his pulse, temperature, weight and height then checked his oxygen levels. We were then called in to see the doctor who took down some details and checked Bradley’s breathing. The doctor decided to monitor Bradley at the clinic so we were shown to a room the only one available was a labour room with two beds in but very clean. Bradley climbed onto one of the beds and lay down whilst the male nurse put him on a nebuliser to stabilise his breathing after which he was given some oxygen. The nurse also tried to insert a canella missing his vein the first time he tried again with Bradley’s other hand which went in okay it was incase they needed to get any drugs into his system. He was then given an x-ray, within an hour his breathing had returned to normal and he was much brighter. We were called back in to see the doctor he was happy with Bradley’s progress however the x-ray had shown a chest infection Bronchitis so he was prescribed some antibiotics. We were very impressed with how quick and efficient we were dealt with; we were in and out within three hours.
By the time Paul had arrived Bradley had fallen a sleep we woke him and took him to the Africmed Clinic, it was a short wait before a nurse took his pulse, temperature, weight and height then checked his oxygen levels. We were then called in to see the doctor who took down some details and checked Bradley’s breathing. The doctor decided to monitor Bradley at the clinic so we were shown to a room the only one available was a labour room with two beds in but very clean. Bradley climbed onto one of the beds and lay down whilst the male nurse put him on a nebuliser to stabilise his breathing after which he was given some oxygen. The nurse also tried to insert a canella missing his vein the first time he tried again with Bradley’s other hand which went in okay it was incase they needed to get any drugs into his system. He was then given an x-ray, within an hour his breathing had returned to normal and he was much brighter. We were called back in to see the doctor he was happy with Bradley’s progress however the x-ray had shown a chest infection Bronchitis so he was prescribed some antibiotics. We were very impressed with how quick and efficient we were dealt with; we were in and out within three hours.
On the way home we called at Bakau beach to buy some fish as the fishing boats bring in their catch around 5.00pm. We parked up at the side of the road and walked down the incline and onto the beach. There were Gambians wading out to the boats with trays and bringing them back full of fish and women with buckets of fish gutting and cleaning them on the beach. Unsure of what to do we headed back up the beach a guy approached us asking if we wanted to buy fish, we said yes. He took us up to a jetty passing fish laid out on tables and freezers. Within the freezers there were Barracuda, Lady Fish, Butterfish Red Snapper and fish that were bigger than Bradley. We looked around bartering for a good price on Lady Fish eventually we had to settle for seven Red Snapper for 1.25 dalasi which seemed a good price.
Whilst Paul waited for them to clean and descale the fish I made my way back with Bradley and Abigail, as we walked up the hill Abigail pointed to a large web stung out between the telegraph poles with hundreds of the Giant Golden Orb Weaver Spiders as photographed in an earlier blog.. Bradley by this time was feeling a bit unwell again so we quickly made our way home we put three of the Red Snapper in the freezer eating the others with chips of which Bradley really enjoyed. We put Bradley to bed hoping that he would feel much better tomorrow once the antibiotics had got into his system.
Whilst Paul waited for them to clean and descale the fish I made my way back with Bradley and Abigail, as we walked up the hill Abigail pointed to a large web stung out between the telegraph poles with hundreds of the Giant Golden Orb Weaver Spiders as photographed in an earlier blog.. Bradley by this time was feeling a bit unwell again so we quickly made our way home we put three of the Red Snapper in the freezer eating the others with chips of which Bradley really enjoyed. We put Bradley to bed hoping that he would feel much better tomorrow once the antibiotics had got into his system.
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