Thursday, June 12, 2008

Blog from Kelsey

This photo is of Kelsey with the patient Carlos and his dad.
The first patient we saw today was a wee-little-fellow--Carlos, 5 years old--who had come in with his dad for a check-up. Apparently, he had pneumonia pretty bad not too long ago. Sheri told me that she was thrilled to see him as she had gone to visit Carlos two times but to no avail. It seems like sending/ referring patients to the hospital here is about like sending them to LBJ. You hope that they can help but the odds are fairly good that perhaps they can't. One problem for the people here (I've noticed), is that they are so far from the hospital and care. The roads are nuts and no one has a car. This morning for instance we gave a guy a ride to Chichi from our village; he's going grocery shopping for my "mom" who is still recovering from a miscarriage. We gave him a ride down but I'll bet anything he'll be walking back up those crazy-roller-coaster roads with the groceries on his back, tied to his head. What an ordeal for groceries! Much less for Advil or a full day in a waiting room. I am always amazed here! And Gracias a Dios Carlitos esta' mejor! :)

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