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Monday, August 9, 2010
Clinic day 2 - It's about the people!
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Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.
-Albert Einstein
The clinic started seeing adults and the VBS began in the afternoon of our first day but day 2 saw our first 9am to 6pm full day of both ministries. On the clinic side of the ministry we were confronted with many of the same health in the adults as we saw with the children: malaria, malnutrition, worms, and pneumonia. But we also saw many who suffered with musculo-sketetal ailments stemming from the tremendously hard work the people of Wachara must do just to stay alive. Dr. Bob kept quite busy draining knees of fluid that had accumulated from years of abuse. And our large stock of anti-imflamatory drugs began to look...well, not so large! One of the elderly mamas who was detemined to be seen by the American doctors actually hired a motorcycle to get to the clinic. Although the more incredible facet of that is, this is not an uncommon practice in their "neck of the woods!"
And of course there were the women's health issues that were addressed by Ruth and Kathi. We had the extreme joy of being able to give out the first of many Birthing Kits this day. In fact, a couple of times Ruth first "diagnosed" the pregnancy, informed the patient that she was a mother-to-be, and then promptly presented her with the Birthing Kit. This was a "full service," not to mention head-spinning clinic!It was not at all unusual for people to wait all day to be seen only to be asked to return tomorrow as the sun was setting and we had no electricity to aid us in continuing the clinic. There is little doubt that, had we the means, the patients would have waited all through the night to be treated.
In coming days I'll share about some of our more memorable patients as well as focus on the fun stuff the children had prepared for them in the VBS. The best is yet to come!
Freely you have received, freely give. Matthew 10:8b
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