Weekend News

Friday afternoon, after Heidi got back from clinic at the Hospital Buen Samaritano, the whole group headed out to Canilla. The road between Quiche and San Andres that we usually use has been closed intermittently for construction, so we went around through Zacualpa. Luckily, it hadn't rained much lately, so the deep ruts and mud were just gooey and not really dangerous. We made it with no real problems.

Saturday clinic was good. Heidi got to schedule another surgery (a very large fibroid) and also got some cool teaching time with Heidi and Gail (both got to do some prenatal ultrasounds - see the pics). Duane flew the girls down to Guatemala City about noon for their 2:30 flight.

Sunday clinic was also good. Heidi scheduled a surgery for Dr. Hoak (a 19 month old with an extra toe). Please add the little baby in the first pic to your prayer list. He is two months old and quite sick. He has pneumonia and is extremely dehydrated. Heidi and Leslie put in a tube to get some food to the baby and some antibiotics. The mom was going to go home and ask for Dad's permission to go to the hospital, but she was pretty doubtful that it would happen. She didn't come back to clinic for the ride we offered, so at this point, all we can do is pray for this baby.

During clinic, Matt was at the Torre Fuerte church helping them rewire their sound system. After chasing a ghost for an hour or so, he finally found a button he'd been looking for and the mix went much faster after that. (It's all about familiarity with the equipment - and fortunately, Matt doesn't have much experience with Peavey!!!)

Anyway, tonight we're doing laundry and packing for a short vacation at the beach. Duane will fly in in the morning and take us to the Pacific coast for three nights to celebrate our second anniversary. We'll try to blog from there, but we might just be too busy. (Doing absolutely nothing!!!)

The first pic is the sick baby we mentioned. The rest are pretty self-explanatory...