{"id":106,"date":"2009-11-21T08:36:32","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T15:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2009\/11\/21\/angola-day-3-entry-shock\/"},"modified":"2016-01-03T02:50:51","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T02:50:51","slug":"angola-day-3-entry-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2009\/11\/21\/angola-day-3-entry-shock\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry Shock &#8211; Angola Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"img_0161.JPG\" href=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/11\/img_01615.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/11\/img_01615.jpg\" alt=\"img_0161.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This morning I cared for an older woman who care from the bush with an enormous cancer of her cervix. But fortunately she was feeling very little pain. All I could do was to explain to her adult sons that we had little to offer. It was way too late to operate. I hope that they perceived a sense of compassion from me. It would be the least I could do. Shortly thereafter, a four-year old arrived in the ER with a broken arm. I felt such a sense of relief. Finally, someone I could actually help!! \u00a0The predictable &#8220;Angola entry shock&#8221; is starting to wear off. But I&#8217;m still impressed by how well I can speak Portuguese, yet how little I actually understand of this culture; with how frequent is death (I&#8217;ve had 3 patient&#8217;s die in 2 days), yet how easily people accept it; with how little I can actually do to help, yet how gracious people are towards me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This morning I cared for an older woman who care from the bush with an enormous cancer of her cervix. But fortunately she was feeling very little pain. All I could do was to explain to her adult sons that we had little to offer. It was way too late to operate. 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