Home Again
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »After two very long days of travel and a few very fun hours in Narita, Japan, Ryan and I are finally home and what an adjustment it has been already! First of all, we went from a sunny, tropical ...
What’s wrong with this patient?
Friday, February 12th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Here's another X-Ray challenge. Any takers?
My Patients
Friday, February 12th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »A talented doctor and wonderful servant of the Lord has taught me that we must remember the individual patients who touch us in a setting like this. Now this will be a sad blog, I’ll warn you now, but there ...
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Which side of the river are you from? Kudjip Nazarene Hospital has a specific area that it primarily serves, the Jiwaka province, with some very specific boundaries. Other parts of the country are covered by other hospitals. This is important ...
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »A Day In the Life This past Wednesday Ryan came with me to the hospital for the day to see more of what my life is like. I think he enjoyed his time and more importantly, it means we have pictures. ...
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »So, What do They Really Need? I've been teaching everything that I thought was long forgotten from my mind to a couple of nationals regarding electrical work, plumbing, appliance repair, and most importantly solar heating tech. The preferred method of training ...
What’s the Diagnosis?
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Anyone know what this patient's diagnosis is? Post the answer if you know.
My PNG Birthday
Monday, January 25th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Sunday, January 24, 2010 I thought it would be hard to celebrate my birthday in a strange place away from my friends and almost all of my family. I was wrong. : ) I had the most wonderful ...
One Young Man
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »This is a story helplessness. I saw a young man in the ER two days ago. He had had a fever and headache for three weeks. Based on some clinical findings that don’t matter to this story we admitted looking ...
Our Sunday Adventure
Monday, January 18th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »We went to a different church today, about a 45 minute walk away. Yes it was a long walk, but an interesting one. Through the muddy paths we walked through many tea fields. Have we mentioned the tea here is ...