This blog post isn’t as cheery as the last one. Here is a little two year-old girl that got burned badly yesterday. Somehow she got hot corn meal mush all over her. Her right cheek, forehead, chin, and right arm got most of it. It has to hurt her pretty badly, but she does well […]
Clinic was almost over yesterday when I got the news that a lady in labor had just arrived. As I finished what I was doing, Breanna began getting vitals and checking the lady. It was a 19 year-old mother, first baby, and vitals for mom and baby looked good. She was progressed enough that we
Thursday night at 11:30 this little one was born. It was a first time mom so it was a longer labor–making it also a longer process for us nurses who were keeping an eye on things. She had come to the clinic mid day Wednesday. So after a many watchful hours and back and forth
Here are a few shots of the progress on the rebuilding project at the clinic. A team was here for the past week from PA putting up the fence around the clinic compound and working on shelving and painting inside. We plan to move in over Holiday vacation, opening up again at the “new” clinic January
Here are a few shots of the progress on the rebuilding project at the clinic. A team was here for the past week from PA putting up the fence around the clinic compound and working on shelving and painting inside. We plan to move in over Holiday vacation, opening up again at the “new” clinic January
Thursday afternoon, a man was carried into the clinic on a stretcher. About 40-50 excited, loud people accompanied him. The man was unconscious and breathing heavily. He had a large gash on his forehead. It was Virginia and I that attended the call. Virginia asked for the story as to what happened exactly and this is what
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We were in the midst of our day at the clinic when Fre Noes came in and told me that a child had come who was seriously ill. I told him to have them bring the child in, get weighed and temperature taken, and I’d see it for a consultation. The little girl was breathing
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There are 16 month old twins boys, Fred and Fredo, that have been coming to clinic lately. They are way under weight and malnourished. Their mother died some time ago, and their grandma is caring for them now. One day this week she brought in Fred, and he wasn’t doing well. I gave him meds
By now, I fear, some of you will never come to work in or visit at this clinic. Why would you after seeing all the red, smeary, battered legs, arms, and heads that we faithfully post? There is the other side. There are the mornings, even in November, when the flowers
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