More on Domingo and Xepol clinic

I mentioned Domingo on another blog before he had surgery. We first met him in September when Ruth, a nurse, brought him to the clinic in Montellano for help. Trips and calls to The City were made to see if there was anything here that could be done. Unfortunately, the surgery could not be done here.

Many more calls were made and eventually Domingo was accepted at Dell's Children's Hospital in Austin. At first his mother, Catrina, was not going to be able to go to travel with him. Eventually, she was granted a VISA to travel with Domingo.

Domingo is very active child and many people wanted to help him get this surgery done............and it was so..............

The surgery lasted around 13 hours and so far, all is well. He was sedated for a few days, remained on the ventilator and was comfortable. His mother was allowed to stay with him but remembering that she only speaks K'iche', makes communication difficult. There are many prayers being sent for this child............God will answer those prayers.

We had our clinic in Xepol today and two of the students went with us. This is Kate and Garrett with some of the children at clinic. Both students are seniors this year and are pre-med. Kate is studying at Abilene Christian University and Garrett is at David Lipscomb University.

We had 16 patients in Xepol. Kate and Garret worked the pharmacy area and also sat in on consults.

As we were getting ready to pack up, it started raining. Juan came to tell me the rain had started. Xepol is not one place I want to be when it starts raining..........it is a difficult road to get through. As soon as the truck was packed..........down it came! I told everyone to hold on that we were going for it! We made it and we are very thankful for that! God always takes care of us!!