Yesterday (after the clinic was closed) a lady and man came over to Steve’s house, needing some medical attention. The lady had a very bad cut on her shin that was about 3 inches across and pretty deep. They claimed that she had fallen onto a rock… Ugh… looked like it hurt pretty bad! Thea […]
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Two babies have been born recently here at the clinic! The first was a little girl, and the one this morning was a little boy! 🙂 Just a note to those who send baby packages…Most babies are small here, so premie outfits are just perfect,as opposed to the outfit on this little girl 🙂 🙂
Good morning everyone! Over the weekend a troubled moto driver arrived at our gate, bearing an elderly lady on the back and calling for us to open the gate for him. His distress? Apparently on his way to his destination he lost control of his moto and crashed, throwing his passenger (the elderly lady) off;
Today we have some very exciting news! For a few years now we have been doing a program called “Nourishing the Needy”; a ministry in which we provide milk for babies here that are in need. Maybe their mother has died, and the family needs to care for them; maybe the parents have cholera, and
Greetings in Jesus’ name! Yesterday morning we had a lady come into the clinic that was going into labor. She was having complications, so we decided to take her to Ti Guave. She had high blood pressure as well as the possibility of needing a C-section because of other problems. The trip down the mountain
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NOTE: You can now track the current progress of the clinic rebuild at www.clinicrebuild.org! This week Steven Shankster from Indiana came down to help lay out and refine the design of the clinic project. He and Steve (our Steve) could be seen down at the clinic measuring, talking, and planning things out. After a few
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Hello to all! Last night we had a young man came to our gate with a cut on his finger… he had been working at the school up the mountain and apparently got a machete cut! A nice slice! It was pretty deep, but very clean. Anita sterilized the cut and surrounding area. Butterfly bandages…
Last night we had a lady come in that was in labor… It was around 9pm when we got the call. Some of us trekked over and checked the situation out. The family waited as Anita and Virginia assessed the situation… They decided to come back later that night, and spent the evening there until
Many of you will remember Ernest, the boy with two broken legs, which we reported on earlier last week. We have received some pictures of him in the hospital, after his operation. It turned out he had multiple fractures and breaks on both legs and his left knee was crushed. Here are the pictures!
We apologize for the lack of updates coming your way! Our Internet has been having problems with the recent storms surging past, making it difficult for us to post things on here 🙂 But we now have fair weather, so let the updates go on!! With the rain comes woe for the clinic. Excessive winds
