05/11/20 It was great being back at clinic today. Last week we took off Thursday and Friday to go on a little beach outing with Derek and Lori before they leave. There was a funeral in T-Goave that we went to on Saturday then I stayed the night in T-Goave and came […]
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We’ll show you the baby pictures first! This little fellow was born Fri evening. Mama and baby did very well. He weighed 7lbs. Here is a little girl who was going for water and fell hitting her head on a rock. (She’s actually the daughter of the Aleg Kazak
Baby, Stitch job, and Batel Read More »
This morning started out with a beautiful, sunny walk to clinic. That is another wonderful benefit of our new location. We get about three minutes of sunshine every time we walk to work. And then, if we forget anything, we get to have another three minute walk back home. Just as I
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This girl came in a few days ago with a wound on her eye lid. The story was that she fell out of bed and hit a rock. (We were suspicious that the story wasn’t true.) Cleaning and preparing to stitch. There was this glob of tissue that needed removed before I could stitch.
A Delicate Stitch Job Read More »
We saw around 50 patients at clinic this morning. Finally the last dossier was made, the last consultation done, and the last pills handed out. Now it’s time to head home for lunch! Or is it? Here comes a crowd of school children, and one girl is holding something over her head. They are headed
An Afternoon’s Activities Read More »
You never know what it will be next. This lady received a nasty head gash. Here is Mis Leda stitching her up Mis Joselaine rechecking the wound a day or so later
“Zaboka” is the Creole word for avocado, and this young man was way up in a tree picking this delicious fruit when he lost his footing and took the shortest path down! He ended up with this rather nasty memento of the event on his face; it was such a deep split, one could easily
Uh-oh- another tumble!!! Not as serious as sometimes though;this one merely resulted in a small slice on the head of the young chap involved. The nurses decided it was a good idea to stitch it though, justto be on the safe side… Anita and Virginia Rudolph tackling the project…. He showed upjust after church on
Tumble on the Way Home From Church… Read More »
It was a bad night… We had gotten a late start, and wereleaving Ailegue to attempt hauling 16 batteries and a drumof diesel fuel up to Terre Rouge. Everyone was going alongup for supper, the road was muddy, we had to pull thedump truck with the gator just to get to the foot of JackRabbit…
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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
Mountainside tumble II Read More »
