This is a little girl who came to the clinic with a bad burn covering a large portion of her abdomen and smaller burns other places on her body. Mis Leda saw her first and had several follow-up visits with her. As time when on, it seemed to possibly have done internal damage or be […]
This is the little boy who was “Near Death’s Door” Eifadel is progressing slowly, but he is progressing! He now often gives a bright smile as I enter the hospital room. I had hoped he’d have gone home by now, but even though the worse spot has improved greatly, his left knee is still quite
You all were promised an update on the births that we had last week, here it finally is! Tuesday we had a girl come into the clinic in labor. She had a while to go, so we gave her a bed, and kept tabs on her throughout the day. In the afternoon, another girl came
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When the clinic staff’s birthdays come around, we try to make it special. This week it was Direk. (He’s the one that takes down basic information on the medical charts for patients, and he collects the payment for treatment.) We keep it simple, but they really enjoy the “party”! Direk with his cupcakes
Sunday morning dawned, and I was up in good time and eager to get to church. Then I heard some commotion at the clinic and got a knock on my door. Till I got there, I had 3 patients. Two were minor, but this little fellow (below) was in bad shape. His only complaint was
This post is about…BANDAGING! So if blood and wounds are not for you – scroll down slowly to give your stomach time to process the sights. 🙂 While Anita, the two Haitian nurses, and Michael perform consultations, etc. I typically clean and bandage most of our regular bandage patients. Here are some wound care patients
A lady came into the clinic in labor Monday just as clinic was ending. Almost all afternoon on Monday we had other after-hour patients in between checking on the lady in labor. It was a first baby, and things progressed slowly. Her labor slowed down overnight, but by morning she still hadn’t really progressed so we started her on
Here are the girls from the Ontario team dividing out liquid medication for the clinic. They did a great job at helping Shana around the house and compound and filling in other behind the scene things too! This is just a quick shot from the clinic one of the many little malnourished children we
Here is an updated picture of Obenson. After not coming for a few weeks he was here yesterday. The lady that takes care of him had still come for his supplements, but wasn’t able to come with him the last time due to high water after Tropical Storm Isaac. He is gaining weight
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