Weekend Stuff

Well, yesterday was a surprise day off. And with Heidi around to keep an eye on Isaac, Matt got some more housework done. There were some leaks that needed patching on the roof and some painting to be done. You can see the first two pics of the "almost before" and after pics.

Isaac has lately decided that he's happiest when he's being held. Or, that he's ONLY happy when he's being held. And he can be quite vocal when he's not happy. So Heidi tied him on her back and went on about her business on Saturday. We prefer not to do that too much, since the baby basically just goes to sleep and stays that way (he needs a little more stimulation than that) but it is nice when you need a little break.

Today was clinic in San Andres. We got a lot of rain yesterday so we were expecting the roads to be pretty bad. For the most part, they were about average. We did have to drive through a couple of creeks, though, since the water had come up some. On the way home, we were behind a medium-loaded truck (the bed had about 15 people in it - we've seen as many as 30) with only 2-wheel drive. He got about halfway into the creek and got stuck. So we drove around and pulled him out. You'll see in the pic that his "cargo" had all gotten out. They were standing around watching the spectacle.

Clinic was good - we only had about 1/3 as many patients as usual. We're assuming it was because today is Election Day. The market wasn't even very crowded. It's usually nearly impossible to drive to clinic once you get into town and today we only had to wait about 15 minutes for some vehicles and people to clear.

One funny patient was a woman around 60 years old who came in with some large blisters on her legs. We asked her what happened and she said that "the people" told her that these blisters were because her husband hit her. We asked her if her husband had actually hit her. She said she didn't remember because she'd been kinda drunk. We replied that perhaps one idea would be to try to cut back on the alcohol. She told us she knew it wasn't good for her and that she wasn't drinking at the moment. Good to know.

Please pray for a 7-year-old boy we saw today with an enlarged lymph node. We saw a boy in this clinic a few months ago with a very, very large gland in his throat that has turned out to be Hodgkins Lymphoma. This boy today isn't quite as dramatic a presentation, but his symptoms are not promising.

Tomorrow we'll be in Chinique with Pastor Roy Espinosa.