March 16 2009

late entry, computer were down for Monday. We went to Miller community (?), it was the first day for clinic. We saw 136 patient plus many for just deworming and vitamins. A rough start but we have quickly caught on and have been sucessful since. A couple cases were, one was a servere case of fungis on an elderly women´s lower calves and feet. Karen and Colleen washed them in iodine and bandaged them well in dressings. We supplied her with enough medications to hopefully provide her with some relief. Another case would be an eight day old baby, newborn that was helathy and well to a very proud mom. We adminstered prenatal vitamins to mom who was nursing. We treated the very old and the very young. Alot of anemia and ¨gripe and tos¨ which means coughs and running noses. The people of the community were so thankful, they gave us corn and melons even though they struggle to feed themselves. It would be an insult not to take them, but it was hard. The people waited hours to get medical attention. It was brought up in devotion that back at home we tend to get impatient after 15 minutes. The men made incredible progress on the elderly women´s home. She sent home limes with Jake, we used them in our aqua. They built up walls with blocks, and steve went from being a balconeer to a traveler in one day. (ask him when you see him haha) We learned about what Honduran time is, very calm and patient and sometime even slow except for their driving. Bob is our fearless leader and Kathy our strong and silent leader. Brittany our brillant idea person, who improvises very quickly on her toes. At the end of the day we were dividing the Robitussin into plastic baggies. Rolando and Carmen are priceless I couldnt see us without them. Also, all the Honduran MAMA staff are our rescuers. All together we make an awesome team.

miss you all
Tanya and Sandy