We ended up with 11 medical patients and 8 patients for teeth cleaning. Tomas was excited and he smiled big as Katie took his photo.
Josefina asked me if I wanted to go and see a patient in his house. I quickly responded yes.....so Katy, Maury, two brothers from the Church and I droved down the road to a path. We parked the truck and then walked about 15 minutes with the men leading the way. We arrived at a house that could not be seen from the road.
The patient was a 21 year old man, Pedro, who has not been able to walk since Tuesday. He developed problems walking and since then has lost muscle tone in his torso and his arms. It was a very dificult situation and also frustrating. The medicines and facilities that we take for granted in the States are not even an option here. I knew what I thought we needed to do but how were we going to get him to the road? He did not want to go to the hospital because of not having the money. We left with him the best medicine that we could offer and he said he would go to the hospital if he did not improved over the next few days. One of the men that walked with us prayed for him and his family before we left. It was heart-felt, emotional prayer and the other family members also joined in. After hugs and hand-shakes we returned to the path for our walk back to the truck.
The photo below is of some children at the clinic that wanted their photo taken.
It was time to give Maury and Aura their second Hep. B injection. It drew a crowd but I could not get any more volunteers to have an injection.
Please pray that this young man will regain his strength and be able to walk soon.Please also pray for the HTI Team that was down for surgery this week. Today they traveled to Antigua and will fly home very early in the morning.
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