View fullsize Help Has Arrived October 3, 2015 So far Pat has had 3 people die on her watch. The last was a lady who was a friend of the local Imam (Muslim leader). One nite around bed-time the phone rang and one of the surgery residents wanted Pat down at the hospital ASAP;- there was panic in his voice. So I walked Pat down to the hospital from up here on the “hill” where the housing is ... Read More
Life is in the Blood September 30, 2015 Bongolo Hospital is the ONLY hospital that can do a blood transfusion in a 3 county area, (there are 8 or 9 counties in the whole country). They had a sick baby that needed a blood transfusion and Pat was a match for the blood type .... Read More
Spiritual Showers September 30, 2015 Early this AM we were in Libreville, Gabon at the guest house. Unfortunately, the water pressure which was bad last night was nonexistent this morning. When it is hot like this, a shower, a couple of times a day, really feels good ... Read More
Bag of Bones September 30, 2015 I stand in the ER at the bedside of a patient with my chief resident. I am watching the small ant run circles on the sheet overlying her frail, emaciated body. She is really not much than the “bag of bones” that my resident described her as .... Read More
Happy Anniversary September 30, 2015 Celebrating our 26th Wedding Anniversary. Who would have thought all those years ago that we would be in Africa (Gabon) together .... Read More