We saw about 35 patients at ASELSI this morning, including two diabetics we have been able to control on diet alone (yay!), several prenatals, a couple of malnourished babies (one is a week younger than Isaac but five pounds smaller, another is six months old - twice Isaac's age - and a half a pound smaller than Isaac), a woman with rheumatoid arthritis, a girl with polio, and some sick babies.
After clinic, we went to the Hospital Buen Samaritano to check on Heidi's surgical patients from the last two days. They are all doing well. The woman she had to take back to the operating room yesterday to control bleeding is doing much better and may even be able to leave early next week. She took three units of blood - one each from her brother and sister and one they bought from a stranger (people do not donate blood here, though they may sell it).
We also got some pictures of this patient's surgery from our friends Danny and Janeane. We left out all of the graphic ones, but if you are particularly wimpy...er...squeemish, you might just want to skip the second and third pics.
The first shows Dr. Hoak and Heidi praying over the patient before they start. The second shows Heidi working - soaked in blood. And the third is the extracted uterus next to Janeane's hand for size comparison (a uterus SHOULD be the size of a lime).
Sorry we don't have any three month pictures of Isaac yet (today is his three month "birthday") but unless you want some of him screaming, we probably should wait a day or two (we HOPE that's all!!!)
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