Saturday morning (5th) an elderly man was brought to our gate by a group of about 20 people; Michael went out to see what was wrong and they told him the man had a seizure. So, we took him into the clinic and, seeing that he was severely dehydrated, gave an an IV or two.
A man with cholera… Read More »
Some of us went up into the mountains for a cell group service yesterday and, after the service, a woman came to us with her little toddler- he had blood dribbling down his chin and was looking a bit stunned. We sent him back to the clinic while we did a house call elsewhere, so
Please, don’t play in tin cans, children… Read More »
What happens when you are working to break up large rocks and one goes flying, smashing into your hand against another rock? This unfortunate man found out the hard way… The tip of his bone was actually sheared off by the rock’s impact. The tip of his finger was irreparable, so Michael decided to cut
Ouch… that must’ve hurt! Read More »
Some patients await their turns outside the pharmacy window… Others wait outside for their numbers to be called… Still yet more wait inside for consultations… Breanna and Virginia fill prescriptions inside the pharmacy… At the close of the noon hour, almost everyone is finished!
A typical Monday at the clinic… Read More »
Over the last week or so there have been 3 babies born! The first baby’s mother had come in for a checkup before she went into labor; the nurses detected an irregular heartbeat in the baby, so they had her go out to town for an ultrasound and further checkup. She came back a few
3 more babies at the clinic! Read More »
As we were settling down for lunch one day, a group of Haitians showed up at the clinic, bearing a man on a stretcher. He had been at market nearby and a moto was coming through on the road; he tried to get out of the way, but wasn’t nimble enough and fell, landing right
A seriously broken leg! Read More »
Yesterday a family brought their little girl into the clinic with blood dribbling down the side of her face. It appeared at first to be a small cut or puncture wound on the top of her head- but her hair was so thick it was hard to see how big it really was. After parting
A stitch job by Mis Joselaine Read More »
It was Wednesday about 2pm or so. Clinic was over for the day. Breanna and I had left clinic and I believe had lunch as well when Polvert, our guard, called me saying someone had come to clinic with a sick child. He said the child had been fine in the morning, but now wasn’t
Called to the clinic. . . What will we find? Read More »
Hello everyone! As you have probably guessed by now, things have been surprisingly quiet around here! We haven’t had anything serious come in for quite a while, until this lady came in. It seemed like she was a few weeks early, so we made all preparations for any trouble… thankfully, we didn’t need to use
A mother brought her baby to the gate Friday afternoon, saying she needed a nurse to look at it. It sounded like it had a rash of some sort on it’s neck. Shana went out to see how serious it was, and came back, saying they should probably check it out. The clinic had been closed for
More than a “rash”… Read More »
