I didn’t realize how many patients we see on our “off clinic days” till I startedsnapping pictures of them!!! The nurses spent all morning at the clinic delivering a baby boy (more pics later on that one- it was born with a twisted foot), and Shana saw quite a line-up of minor cases on the […]
“Pwa Congo…..”
….Which is a type of bean commonly grown here in Haiti. Fortunately,it ISN’T commonly found in little girls ears; this little girl being an exception to that rule. “Mildren” arrived this afternoon in great painand even greater trepidation at the thought of nasty instrumentsbeing placed in her ear. It took several people to hold her
Cut lip…
This gentleman showed up on our front porch thismorning; seems he’d had a bit of a run in with a knife… A very nice clean cut… Several stitches later, and he’s on his way. It wasn’t all the waythrough to his mouth, so it shouldn’t really be too serious…
Anita and her girls…
Amy treating an elderly lady… Practicing an I.V. on Anita… Kayla, ready for action… Anita and Kayla puzzling over their dictionary…“How DO we explain this one in Creole???” Just the ordinary daily clinic stuff… For every emergency case that getstalked about, of course there are many many of the usual unromantic small jobs,
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Head Trauma….
Yes, sometimes nurses have to work on Christmas… Just changed our little head trauma boy’s dressing today, and he is doing great!!! Thanksfor your prayers, we couldn’t have asked for a cleaner healing…
Head Trauma….
Hey our little patient is looking a little better here, isn’t he? Really he seems to be doing extraordinarily well for how hard he tumbled; yesterday he had a lot of swelling on his face, but that has gone down today and he headed for home on his own two feet. Thank God forHis mercy
Head Trauma….
We just returned from Port last night to find Mis Leda working with this poor 10 year old boy….He had fallen out of his parents garden (don’t smile, if you’ve never seen these gardens downhere) and severely banged up his head. He was unconscious for about 45 minutes, andpossibly has a fractured skull. But he