round two... honduras

clinic 2... the village of el triunfo

another rainy, muddy, stressful, dangerous, yet BEAUTIFUL journey

the clinic was at a very small school... the doctors and the pharmacy was set up in one room, while the dentists were in another school room, way up on a muddy hill. 

hence why i didn't go up there! or take pics :)

 we saw around 250 patients this day.

and the one that got me the most was a 40 day old baby.

he was so so so sick. we hardly had any medicines to help him.

the doctors told the mom he was so sick he needed to go to the hospital. 

the mom was scared. alone. overwhelmed. 

i.cant.imagine.

she had to be convinced by most every spanish speaking person with us to come to our clinic at the compound. finally, by the grace of god, she gave in. it was a very scary truck ride home. chris was driving the truck with the mom and the baby... more than once they had to stop b/c the baby was having trouble breathing. he had a very very bad case of pneumonia, with a very high fever.

i could talk all day and nite about this poor baby. how it broke my heart that his mom didn't want to bring him to the clinic. how he was so sick and pitiful. how all i could think of was my 2 sweet boys back home. after many prayers, we got them to the compound safely. the doctors spent countless hours helping the baby. dr emmanuel, dr carlos, and dr roque, thank you for your sacrifice, and your love for your people. i am praying that god draws you close to him and continues to use your talents for his glory! thankfully the doctors were able to get sweet baby gerson stabilized. after a very long nite of power outages, he was actually doing better the next morning. i was able to see him and pray for him again before they left for the nearest hospital in santa rosa. chris drove, and took german to translate. dr. roque went too, in case there were any problems with the baby on the way.

please pray for this sweet baby. last we heard, he was still in the hospital.

the next morning, i was able to use carlos' phone and call home. i talked to the boys, and absolutely lost it. i could barely talk to them, i was crying so hard. i just kept saying i love you babies. i miss you angels.
mommy will be home soon.
all i could think about was the sick babies we had been seeing, especially herson.
my heart was breaking.
the trip was so emotional for me...

clinic 3: the village of el limon
i think we saw more than 350 patients at this clinic.
we ran out of brown paper bags, and actually had to use gallon sized ziploc bags, one per family.
now that was crazy when filling meds.

prescriptions waiting to be filled

love these awesome friends! dr carlos, me, maria jose, and dr santos

the set up... another tiny school room... 

doctors and the pharmacists (7 people) in a very cramped space. but, ya do what ya gotta do!

the top pic is the drs seeing patients. then this is our pharmacy set up. liquid meds on one side... and pills/other meds in giant sized ziplock bags, huge crates, and anything else we could find to keep them semi-sorted and organized.

we were crazy busy at this clinic... i think the biggest one. the line of people never seemed to end. but, that's what we were there to do! help as many people as we could. also, dr cruz and his wife went with us to this clinic. he was very very appreciative of all that we were doing to help his people.

the CUTEST little boy ever!! look at him, so happy...even after just having a tooth pulled. i told him he was SO brave!! also, i LOVED abdi's artwork :)

iiitttsssshhhh! so while i'm being honest... i should say that i've never been a fan of going to the dentist! but these dentists were awesome! seriously... they were so kind and compassionate. so many patients came in with horrible toothaches and crazy problems. the dentists must have been super good, b/c the people didn't even make a noise or flench. even the kids... like ya'll, back home, i HATE even having my teeth cleaned. i lay there with my hands clenched and eyes closed, praying it will be over soon. and i've been known to cry while getting dental work done. just sayin. :)

anyways... obviously, these 3 guys have an amazing god-given talent. it was great to see them serving their own people. god has laid the dentists on my heart... so abdi, carlos, and santos, if ya'll are reading this, i'm praying for you! :))

dr carlos numbing up the patient.

awwww. sweet girl!

when you go to honduras, you do what you are asked to do. whether it's coral the people, give out worm medicine, translate medicine, work in the pharmacy, etc... you do it. even if you aren't "qualified." ha!

i felt privileged to work with these amazing ladies in the pharmacy. holli and i were kinda in the same boat, not very familiar with medicines! but we jumped right in and learned the system. janet has a nursing background so was more comfortable than me and holli. and of course kristy was the bomb! such a professional, even when circumstances were less than desirable. :)) i could not have picked a better group of girls to work with all week. oh, and not pictured was lisa... she took care of the liquid medicines and was under so much pressure. but she did an amazing job, and just kept on smiling! :)

 

 stayed tuned for part three!