Here’s Thea with a stitch job she did this week. This young teenage girl had managed to slice her wrist open during a tumble-mishapshe experienced on her way home from school. Careful stitching pays off in a reduced chance ofinfection, and less scarring…. Thea’s doing a great job and picking up some good experience here! […]
Foot Problem…
This little guy spent several days in a hospital room; unfortunately I didn’t get any pics of HIM-only this nasty looking foot… He came in with a respiratory problem, and this badly infected foot. After treating him for several days, it seemed that his oxygen level had improved,but he still breathed with some difficulty. We
Actually, rocks DON’T belong in ears…
Uh-oh- surely not the old “rock in the ear” trick again!?Unfortunately, yes it is. But thankfully for little Daniel, it wasn’t in there too deeply; (although you would have been CERTAINthat it was looking grim for the little chap, judgingfrom the hearty opinions he expressed during thestone-removal operation….. 🙂 A real community effort! Shana’s running
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Mountainside tumble III !
This 9 year old little girl came in on Wednesday afternoon at around 3…The story we were told was that she had fallen down the mountain a littleways, then falling rocks had slammed into her head. The evidence wascertainly there- several severe gashes on the top and back of her head, along with various scrapes
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The following pictures were meant to accompany the latest Gospel to Haiti one list. If you do not currently receive the one list and would like to, please write to: [email protected] Friends come and friends go. . . We’ve had a lot of staff changes the last while at the clinic. Here are normal activities
Mountainside tumble II
Another tumble down the mountain; thankfully this little boy (Manno St. George is his impressive title) was much less damagedthan the last gentleman who experimented with this dangeroushobby, and got hauled out with a fractured arm as a result.Still, it is a nasty cut Manno has…. Mis Leda did a great job of repairing the
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Clubfoot Boy
Hey just a quick update on our little boy with the clubfoot; and YES- I did finally get a name for the little chap… “Enddy”. (You could also call him “Micah”; when Anita asked his mom what his name was she replied, “Well, his Haitian name is Enddy, but you can give him an English
Cow Trouble
Well the nurses are smiling. That’s a good sign! But this ISN’T such a good sign… The work of an angry bull, it goredher with it’s horn… Not very pretty looking, but not actually too serious. This was the first of emergencies that night; she came in about 5 P.M…