Do pray that our appeal for not only her surgery, but the hardware for her artificial knees would be donated. She is willing to make the trip to Maine even though in the past it has been traumatic for her to travel to San Pedro Sula.
This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar. Dr. Paul Dumdey, an internist, and Dr. Richard Cote, a retired OB/GYN from Woolrich, Maine, held a medical clinic from November 19th through November 21st. They were part of a larger team that had surgeries in a hospital in San Pedro Sula. Altogether, they saw over hundred patients and some of them were serious. We were grateful that Dr Dumbey diagnosed a four-month-old "blue baby" that had a hole in his heart. We are in hopes that a physician from St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma could perform surgery on him here in SAP next spring Many of these people have no other option for medical care. Dr Dumbey taught us how to change bandages for these diabetic patients and directions for follow up care on several other patients. Dr. Rosquete, from Woolrich, Maine heads up these teams that come to San Pedro twice a year to provide surgeries and medical care. We are hoping to help them find anesthesiologists to add to their list for future surgeries here in San Pedro Sula. While here Dr. Rosquete examined our dear vo-tech sewing teacher, Norma Vanilla and would have done a knee replacement that week, but the surgery would have been too complicated for here in Honduras but offered to help us get her surgery there in Maine. Norma was one of our daughter's first sewing students over five years ago! At that time, we worked under a Honduran church and only permitted a limited number of students at a time in the sewing classes. Since we did not have a facility then, Jennifer worked in a yard in Seis de Mayo under a tarp. Even though Norma was crippled and it was difficult for her to walk, she walked nearly a mile everyday in the hot sun and stood at the gate of the class waiting for an opening for her to attend. Eventually, Norma was admitted, went through all three levels of curriculum that Jennifer had written and is now the faithful teacher of the classes. She needs to have two knee replacements in hopes that this would help to straighten her crippled legs.
Do pray that our appeal for not only her surgery, but the hardware for her artificial knees would be donated. She is willing to make the trip to Maine even though in the past it has been traumatic for her to travel to San Pedro Sula. |