We thought we’d give you a little taste of what it is like to do a stitching job… The other evening we had a man and his boy come to the fence; the boy had hit his head against a rock wall while playing, and had a bad gash in his forehead. The team got […]
Operation in the night… Read More »
Greetings from the water soaked mountainsides of Les Palmes! Praise the Lord, Hurricane Irene missed us by quite a distance. Though we are thankful that we evaded the full force of the storm, there is currently a battle going on with the consequent downpour of rain which accompanies hurricanes. Sometimes severe rain showers show up
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Yes, nurses do things other than being a nurse! Here we are having a Bible study with a couple of the local girls here on the porch. I know this is really gross, but the other day I was removing magets from this man’s leg. Virginia taking blood pressures at the clinic
Virginia, Thea, and I with the baby This was baby one of two births today–a lovely baby girl. We were hardly home when we got called again, but this time to the mountainside. Thea and I arrived just as the baby was being born. After doing what we had to do there, we got ready
Babies, babies–even on the mountainside!!!!! Read More »
Do you remember? I believe we had posted about this little boy back in Dec or so. This is how he was when he came into our clinic last year. We took them to a children’s hospital in Port au Prince. They were in Port from Dec till May or so. This was the first
Jacqueline–Amazing–before and after Read More »
A happy mama A sweet little baby boy and the nurse and her helpers Some times at the clinic. . . Sometimes at the CTC. . .
Giving oxygen I feel humbled as I look at these pictures. God was again so merciful. This baby was born at clinic Tues evening. His parents are Fre Pharis and Madame Pharis who we know pretty well. The labor was pretty long, but baby’s heart beat seemed to be staying good as I checked from
God saw fit to extend His hand of mercy again! Read More »
Happy patient Monak who has been coming for treatment for his hand is doing much better. We kept him in the hospital from Tues till Sat last week. Now he is to be coming back everyday for treatment–antibiotic and bandaging. It’s amazing how quickly a small wound can turn into a nasty infection and how
Yes, this afternoon we had a birth at the clinic. The lady came in around 3 pm, and the baby was born around 5:25. The birth went very well for which we are always grateful! Here are a few pics of it. Yesterday afternoon we had a guy come in who had been involved in
A precious bundle. . . Read More »
We see a lot more around here than the sick and wounded! I thought I should at least give you a glimpse. . . Below is a young man who came in a few days ago with an incredible infection in his hand. It started out as only a little cut after working in the
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