Yesterday afternoon Davona, Batilda (the nurse), and I performed an HIV rapid test on Bahati. It consists of drawing a small amount of blood and mixing it with some solution. A piece of paper reveals a pink line if the blood has HIV, and no line if it doesn't. We waited anxiously for the 15 minutes that it takes to complete the test, staring at the little strip of paper, praying we wouldn't see a pink line. And there is no pink line! Bahati's original diagnosis was wrong, as the doctor suspected. He doesn't have HIV!
Please keep praying that Clinton and Helena will also test negative for HIV.
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Hey Katie,
I am glad the test was negative. HIV seems to be a big problem here in Africa. How are you doing? Still planning on Christmas in Mozambique? Justin and I are thinking about visiting you maybe in the end of Feb. for about a week, but we are still not sure. We will plan when the time comes a little closer. We are having a good time supervising construction and watching surgeries. Everything seems to move a lot slower here and really laid back. Have a great day.
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