{"id":3393,"date":"2017-10-27T12:04:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T12:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/?p=3393"},"modified":"2017-10-27T12:28:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T12:28:10","slug":"inmed-grads-3-years-serving-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2017\/10\/27\/inmed-grads-3-years-serving-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"INMED Grads 3+ Years Serving In Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/cahill-e1509021565205.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3395\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/cahill-e1509021565205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tim and Lori Cahill were family medicine residents together at my alma mater: John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth TX. They also took part in the first<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmed.us\/courses-info\/hybrid-courses\/international-medicine-public-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> INMED International Medicine &amp; Public Health Hybrid Course<\/a> hosted by JPSH in 2011. Since May 2014, the Cahills and their children Rebekah and Abigail have served at INMED&#8217;s Training Site in far northern Ghana, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmed.us\/service-learning\/training-sites\/baptist-medical-centre-ghana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baptist Medical Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tim describes one especially memorable patient: &#8220;She had presented with two weeks of abdominal pain and then began vomiting profusely. Her abdomen was tender, mostly in the upper part, and she had a little bit of blood in her vomit. She then began having difficulty breathing and became less responsive. I found her blood sugar to &gt;600mg\/dL and concluded she had diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). We started treating her with IV fluids, IV insulin, serial urinalysis to check for ketones, and lots of prayer. Her DKA resolved a few days later and she began feeling well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He also gives us a glimpse into his inspiration: &#8220;The hospital hosts morning devotions every day at 7AM for the hospital staff and for patients who may want to take part.\u00a0 I did not know about these devotions until recently, and in spite of utterly exhaustion from the workload I decided to make these devotions a priority in my routine. What an encouraging time to sing some spiritual songs, listen to a sermon, and interact with some hospital co-workers in a slightly different context than usual. Please pray that there would be a revival among us all to represent Christ well in how we live our lives, both inside and outside the hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I speak from personal experience: healthcare in northern Ghana is outrageously challenging. Would you like to share an encouraging word with the Cahills? Please grace Lori and Tim with a <a href=\"mailto:cahill@healthservicecorps.org\">reassuring message<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Tim and Lori Cahill were family medicine residents together at my alma mater: John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth TX. They also took part in the first INMED International Medicine &amp; Public Health Hybrid Course hosted by JPSH in 2011. 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