Feeling Pretty Helpless - Angola Day 7
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in 2009 Angola, INMED | No Comments »I rolled out about midnight in response to an urgent call from the hospital. The center sits on a escarpment that over looks the city, and it’s from there I shot one of the pics I share with you. Normally ...
To Operate Or Wait? - Angola Day 5
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Posted in 2009 Angola, INMED | No Comments »Last night I was listening to an African family sing softly as I examined their young relative with severe abdominal pain. He was deeply jaundiced, so hepatitis was my primary diagnosis. But his abdominal tenderness was steadily increasing. Could this ...
Entry Shock - Angola Day 3
Saturday, November 21st, 2009 Posted in 2009 Angola, INMED | No Comments »This morning I cared for an older woman who care from the bush with an enormous cancer of her cervix. But fortunately she was feeling very little pain. All I could do was to explain to her adult sons that ...