Clinic in Chuguexa

Today, we had clinic in Chuguexa.  It was a busy clinic and I loved it..............

We had twenty patients, with eleven of them being diabetics.

The first three patients were ladies who were pregnant.  The issue with two of them is that they have no idea how many months pregnant they are.  The are all related to they had a little, "pow-wow" to help them decide but they could not agree.......we will see what happens.

The sad story of the day is a young man, Tomas, with diabetes.  He has not taken care of himself, had not come to clinic and he has lost 33 pounds, now weighing only 78 pounds. His blood sugar today was 498.  I asked him to go to the hospital and he agreed to go.

We finished clinic and drove back to Chichi.  I went to Santa Cruz with Tomas.  After about 10 minutes, someone spoke with us and took Tomas' information.  After he heard the story, he let out a soft whistle and slowly shook his head.  We said our goodbyes and they took him to a bed. 

I got Tomas' phone number so I will call him tomorrow and see how he is doing.  It will be a good opportunity to follow-up with him.