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Today a boy and his mother came to the gate, needing help… it was another head injury. This one wasn’t too bad though and only required a couple stitches.  The poor little guy was very small for his age, very dirty, and not in very good shape. He had blood all over his shirt from […]

For the last few months we’ve been doctoring a dear lady’s foot which was infected. The infection had become so bad her foot was literally rotting off on the one side (Don’t worry, no pictures of that…). After sending her to Ti Guave for treatment she has returned. Each evening she comes to have her

It was dark. Supper was almost ready when there was a knock at the gate. As someone went out to see what the need was, they were greeted by a man with blood streaming down his head, dripping down onto his shoes. His colleague’s speech was slurred with drink, and neither of them could walk

Greetings in Jesus’ name! The clinic has been officially “closed” since December 22nd, but when a lady comes from Ti Guave and is about to have a baby, it’s only reasonable to open the doors up and let her in! This young lady was in the area when she went into labor, so they came

Amongst the business yesterday, a man appeared with a towel wrapped around his arm. His problem? A large gash on his left arm, caused by a cow’s horns! Anita and Thea were about ready to go to the clinic for the day,  so they just stayed around to stitch him up. Checking blood pressure… Anita

Seems like all Aleg has come out and decided to have their babies in December! We’ve had 3 births in the last few days, and another in progress right now! Thankfully, after having several hard cases, the last two have gone well, with no complications! Praise the Lord!! One of the ladies had to go

We have an update on the baby that couldn’t breathe… On Monday night they decided to take it into town because our oxygen tanks were quickly being depleted. The baby would need a full supply in the coming days if it were to have a chance of survival. We had kept all its vitals at

The other night I was going into the generator room to do a few things when one of the ladies called out from Steve’s front porch. They said that I should get my camera. It was getting dark, so I couldn’t really see what was going on up there on the porch. However, not asking

People wait their turn outside, sitting on the wooden benches. As they are called inside, the patients have their blood pressure and weight charted. It’s very VERY hard work… 🙂Fre Direk takes a snooze towards the end of the day. This dear lady asked to have her picture taken.She was just so thrilled when she

On Friday night there was another baby born at clinic (seems like the season for babies around here!) Unfortunately it wasn’t breathing once it was born, so Steve, Thea, and Anita had to do CPR (compressions and ventilations by bag valve maske with oxygen) for a while. The heart beat was good enough then that