It is Friday evening. This afternoon, the last two cases proved to be very serious. One was a young boy with a broken arm. Dr. J. Performed in true emergency room fashion under the watchful eye of her mentor, Dr. W.
The more serious case was the 15 year old young woman who presented with a severe case of intestinal worms, "ascariasis" causing a bowel obstruction. The doctors and nurses treated her with IV fluids and collaborated on a course of action.
The decision was for our Honduran surgical oncologist, Dr. M and our pastor guide, Mario to travel by canoe to Palacios where they will transfer to a truck. They will then drive to Tocoa and spend the night, departing at 5:00am for a hospital in LaCeiba where surgery will be performed sometime on Saturday.
These events demonstrate the life and death situations this team encounters. I will post pictures in a couple of days when we have returned to the semi-modern world of internet connectivity which is not limited.
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