This young gentleman had a problem with gravity; apparentlygravity won. 🙁 You guessed it- he fell out of the garden. The nurses had a hard time telling exactly what was wrong with his arm;there was obviously something not right, but they weren’t sure whetherit was out of joint or broken. So we took him out […]
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!
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
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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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
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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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
