Day 21/46 of daily Lenten blog posts

I’m hoping this will be a ‘Beauty-from-ashes,’ post, retrospectively.

This morning I had a 3 year old come in.  Here story was a little confusing, but apparently she had fallen and injured her ankle.  She went to a doctor near her home for evaluation, and he focused in on the swelling she had around her ankle.  If their story is correct, he proceeded to cut open the swollen tissue around the ankle, to ‘clean out the infection.’ Continue reading →

Day 20 of the Daily Lenten blog journey…

I almost didn’t finish yesterday’s post due to the events of todays post.

Yet another major emergency went down yesterday evening.  I heard Dr. Isaac calling on the radio for one of the nurses.  Then, shortly after, for a surgeon.  I knew that he had previously gone down to do a C-section on a woman, so I was worried this likely meant something was not going right. Continue reading →

Day 19 of 46, in my daily Lenten blog journal

I have been holding onto this story for quite awhile, mainly because it is delicate, disturbing, and I just wasn’t sure I could honor it with words.  But it focuses on a condition that exists throughout the world, and has been dealt with in many terrible ways over history.  My instinct, as a person who enjoys humor, is to soften the topic with light-hearted joking. Continue reading →

Day 18/46 of daily Lenten blog journey

With certain specialties of medicine come different categories of pride.  What I mean to say is, each branch of medicine has a perspective on their service that brings them self-satisfaction and dignity.

For instance, ER docs may take pride in their unruffled serenity despite any catastrophe that they might encounter.  Surgeon’s may delight in the fine dexterity and precision in which they exact their craft. Continue reading →

The torrent of emergencies at the hospital continues…  I guess that’s what happens at hospitals, eh?

But I’m talking about ‘Code Blue’s,’ which are emergencies that require a special response from everyone in the hospital.  See Day 15 for a brief explanation of the Code Blue emergency call.   Continue reading →

Day 16/46 of the daily Lenten blog

I think I’m bored of yesterday’s topic, let’s move on to something different, shall we?

Nah, just kidding.  Here we go: So I sprinted over, rounded the curtain, and was horrified to find… Continue reading →

Day 15 of 46, of my daily Lenten blog journey

Every morning when I arrive at the hospital I begin my routine of surveying the hospital to see what’s brewing.  First stop is always the emergency department to see if there’s anyone there that needs attending. Continue reading →

Day 14 of 46, daily Lenten blog journey

We had an older gentleman show up at the hospital a couple days ago hoping we could help him with his leg.  He sustained an accident and had broken the lower bones in his right leg.   He went to one of the most well known hospitals in Honduras.  They reduced his bones and put external fixators in to stabilize the fractures (in other words, they set his bones straight, and stuck some pins in to keep them in place.). Continue reading →

13/46, of daily Lenten blog journey

Y’all hear of Ketamine?  It’s a drug.  Its main purpose is medicinal, but it has abusive potential as well.  I have come to love it.  Not for my own personal use, but as a tool at the hospital.

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Day 12 of 46, of my daily Lenten blog

The Honduran people are very nurturing.  It seems that it’s second nature to look after their loved ones, as well as their neighbors.  I have yet to hear of a patient going to a nursing home, although I know they exist in some of the bigger cities.  People appear programmed to take care of their elders, their disabled, and their ill. Continue reading →