{"id":22,"date":"2011-02-19T15:25:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T15:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/asdiswagner\/?p=22"},"modified":"2015-06-05T15:29:31","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T15:29:31","slug":"bmc-days-5-and-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/asdiswagner\/2011\/02\/19\/bmc-days-5-and-6\/","title":{"rendered":"BMC Days 5 And 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our little girl that Sheila and I stayed up with died yesterday. We knew she was getting pretty bad and there wasn\u2019t much we could do for her, so I was glad that we had said our goodbyes to her the night before.\u00a0We were pretty busy yesterday, with rounds in the morning and then clinic in the afternoon. I did a couple of paracentesis (draining fluid of a patients abdomen) which was a little different from what I\u2019ve seen done in the States. Usually we numb the patient up, use this fancy apparatus to put a catheter into the abdomen and then hook it up to vacuum containers to assist with the whole process\u2026 Well here there is no such thing. So I grabbed an IV catheter, a used tubing, and a blue tub\u2026 that was it! No numbing meds,\u00a0 so I just stuck the needle through as the patient gritted\u00a0his teeth\u00a0and then\u00a0just taped the tubing to the tub which was on the floor to use gravity to assist with the draining process. It took about 2 hours to drain completely but it worked.<\/p>\n

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After work yesterday, Isaah (the cook) came and picked Sheila and I up on his motorbike. All three of us rode over to his house where his\u00a0wife had prepared dinner for us. We had\u00a0Fufu, which is\u00a0made from\u00a0ground up\u00a0yams so that it becomes\u00a0a white ball of somewhat gummy like stuff.\u00a0Pretty interesting texture but it\u00a0was good. This was served with\u00a0a spicy pine oil sauce and meat from a pig\u2019s head. Isaah has a little bar that he wanted to show us so he and Kaleb (another chef) drove us over there and we had a couple of\u00a0drinks. His place was much nicer than the first\u00a0one we went to, with a\u00a0fenced of area and music.<\/p>\n

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Since today was\u00a0Saturday, we slept in a little bit and then rounded in the hospital this morning. After\u00a0lunch we went over to\u00a0Greg and Wendy\u2019s house for a magic show held by their son\u00a0Aiden and\u00a0a movie. Greg\u00a0is\u00a0a missionary here, and his wife\u00a0Wendy is here with him along with their thee children, Carter 9, Aiden\u00a0\u00a07 and Sukonya 7.\u00a0Unfortunately we weren\u2019t able to finish the movie since we had to go back to the hospital and round again. I did and I&D\u00a0(draining pus and cleaning and infection) of a ladie\u2019s jaw. Her infection was so bad that the\u00a0whole right side\u00a0of her\u00a0face was swollen up, from her forehead to her neck and behind her nose. She could hardly open up her mouth to eat of speak.\u00a0I might have to do it again a couple of times but she looked a lot better after the\u00a0procedure.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m on call tonight so hopefully I won\u2019t\u00a0have a crazy night like the other day.\u00a0I have a\u00a0phone that they call if they need me so I don\u2019t have to sleep at the hospital or stay up all night if nothing happens. Tomorrow should\u00a0be a fairly light day so I am thinking about exploring the town a little bit although I do have to catch up on some laundry and e-mails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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