Day 97 - More Prayer

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Well today was another one of those days. We were very busy once again seeing 27 patients. Today we got to see a white person; she had symptoms of an ear infection but a very subtle infection in her ear. We also had another guy this morning who spoke onlye French so we needed mom Regina to translate for us. It was interesting, because he said he started getting symptoms after he went on an “adventure”. Anyways we examined him and sent him back for labs. He didn’t come back until the afternoon, but unfortunately we had bad news for him because we had to tell him that he was HIV positive. It is always so heartbreaking having to tell people they are positive.

We also had another very sad case today. One of our antenatal patients came in today with spotting and abdominal cramps; she was about 25 weeks along. After examining her Trixy diagnosed her with preterm labor. She gave her many medications in order to hold off labor as much as possible, we will have to see what happens. She was having a very hard time with it, as we all would. We all went in and said a little prayer with her and gave her a hug and just comforted her. She was one of the patients that was very unsure about the pregnancy in the first place and didn’t really want it, but it’s still a precious life and it was her baby and she of course didn’t want this to happen! Please pray for her, even in America, the chances of a baby surviving at 25 is not very likely, so please PRAY.

Now to a happy thought, one of our antenatal patients came in with her little one from awhile back whose baby is now about 1 month old. It was so good to see her! The baby is gaining weight, which is a good thing. I got to hold the baby for a little bit; she is so precious!

What a day, good and bad, God is amazing, and He knows what is best and He has a plan for us so all we need to do is TRUST in Him.

After work, we all went to market; I bought a bunch of fabric for a project I am going to work on…we will see how it turns out. After market we hung out, I worked on my project and then we went down and watched Castle with Bill and Trixy. I was then ready to call it a night.