A Sad Reality Starting to Set In

So... yesterday I found out that one of my friends/teachers (from when I studied abroad in Equatorial Guinea) had passed away... Claudio Posa Bohome. We all just called him Posa. He was on the Caldera expedition (the two weeks in the forest counting monkey's deal) but fell very ill. A boat was sent for him which took him back to Malabo to Guadalupe Hospital, but he was transferred again to La Paz in Bata on the mainland where he passed away on January 14th 2010.

Claudio Posa Bohome

Posa will be missed by many. He was a wonderful teacher at UNGE (Universidad Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial) and an employee of BBPP (Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program).

This sad event makes me realize that this could be just the start. I know that in the Peace Corps I will be working with some very sick people. I am going to see death many times before I return to the US. It's something that the Peace Corps has already warned me about, but it really didn't hit me until now. It's very sad to think about and reminds me of another friend who passed away last year... Dr. Isabel Wright. She was the doctor that I worked for at Clinica Esperanza. She was amazing with children at the clinic! Unfortunately, she passed away while visiting her children in the US. The final diagnosis was liver cancer.

Sorry for the sad post, but I wanted to let you know the realities that are setting in for me.

We Will All Miss You Posa!