A departure from my usual, this post is actually a restaurant review:
Today I will be reviewing a new bistro that opened in the lovely Northern Coastal town of La Quinta, Honduras. The chef is none other than world renowned 12 year old cooking phenom, Jimmy Riley, of the Tegucigalpa Riley’s. I will elaborate on why I give this Chic new eatery 4 1/2 stars. Continue reading
OK, I am going to be all over the place with this, I’m like Jo-Jo the circus boy with my pretty new pet, so buckle down…
Sorry for a bit of delay since my last post. For one, I just really wanted it to sink in, that we are going to be here in Honduras for awhile. And two, we had to split the country for a week. The government wanted us out, so we had to sneak out. Ok, so it wasn’t quite as exciting as that sounds, it was a scheduled ‘Visa’ trip. Continue reading
The purpose of this post is twofold.
The first is to vent a little.
I feel like I got handed my jock strap today. That’s football lingo for, “I got my butt kicked.” I was frustrated with some of my knowledge deficits today. I was frustrated with language barriers, and not having wisdom regarding social situations. And I was frustrated by limited resources: patients who couldn’t afford certain tests or treatments, or not even having the tests or treatments available that would be best. Continue reading
This remedy was popular in the early 70’s, but was largely forgotten as a viable cure for almost any malady. I have since rediscovered it’s mystical healing powers, here in the jungle where the ingredients are ubiquitous. Please consider trying this natural healing elixir the next time your health is compromised. Henceforth, I’m not sure that I am going to prescribe anything but this… Continue reading
Our friends/Cousins departed on Tuesday, from the island of Roatan. What a great week it was to have them here. It was cool on so many different levels:
First, it was so good to have a piece of our home come to us, in the form of our ‘Peeps.’ We had a great time of playing together, sweating together, and serving together. The hardest thing about living and working here in Honduras is being away from our family and friends (The second hardest is going without real pizza. They just can’t get it right down here.) Continue reading
A quick warning on the following post. If you aren’t into ‘potty humor,’ you may just want to sit this one out. Or scroll to the bottom, check out a few pics, and be on your way. Ok, you have been warned…
Well, I thought I was running low on material to share, but then this weekend happened. Referred to by doctors as being ‘on call,’ we take turns covering for all the patients that come to the hospital, and this weekend I drew the short straw. Continue reading
The boys have been attending a school in Rio Esteban, which is a school in a nearby village. This has been difficult for them, as I have mentioned before. They go 2 days a week, and our main goal is for them to learn Spanish and integrate with local kids. There is only a couple kids there that speak english, and the boys are the only ‘Gringos’ that attend. We’ve had a few tearful mornings as they resist. Continue reading
Let me tell you about Deneli, and something called Xeroderma pigmentosa…
We had been itching to visit the children’s center since our arrival, but just hadn’t made it there yet. If you want to know a little about the center, check it out here. The children’s center is run by Iain Mackenzie, a gregarious, friendly grey-bearded Scottish fellow, and his lovely wife, Liz. Continue reading
There are a few patients here that are on my heart to share. One is a young man who came in this past week, 22 years old, already carrying a diagnosis of colon cancer. He apparently had a surgery a year ago, and currently has a colostomy bag. He presented to us with bowel obstruction, which is painful and often requires surgery to fix. Continue reading
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