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May 10
2008
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Hot!!Posted by juliebriggs in Untagged |
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Well it is getting super hot these days!!although Ive heard its warming up in Northern Ireland??
Anyway enough about the weather I want to tell you about a patient I had today.
He is 17 and in September he had a car accident and now is paralysed from the waist down. After the accident he went to hospital in Port au Prince (the capital city) and stayed there for a month, then went to hospital near his home in Cap Haitian for a few weeks then they sent him home. Except the whole time no-one explained to him why he couldn't move his legs and that he was going to be paralysed for the rest of his life and that he would never walk again. They also didn't give him a wheelchair, so for the past 8 months his brother has been lifting him and he has been thinking one day he will get better and walk again.
And he came to me thinking I could help him walk again. So it was a hard thing to tell him I couldn't. I got one of our doctors (Dr. Rodney who is a great doctor) to come in and to explain to him why he cannot move and to tell him it is permanent and he will never be able to walk again. Dr Rodney talked with him for about an hour, encouraged him that even if his legs don't work other parts of his body do and he can use them. He asked him if he is already a christian and he was. Then we talked about what he wants to do with his life now, the first thing he said was I want to walk again. So Dr Rodney explained again and he then said he wanted to go back to school and he wants to be a pastor.
I found the one and only wheelchair we have in the clinic, its pretty old and didn't have any footplates but at the minute it is better than nothing. Wheelchairs are difficult to get in Haiti, they have a market downtown called the 'pepe' which is all things imported in from america so his brother is going to look there see if they can buy one although I have no idea how much it will cost. So that was a pretty hard thing to do today. I just ask for some things to pray for.
Please pray for this guy, If I remember right his name in Paul Jean, pray the he will be able to accept the news, that he will trust in God for his future. Please pray for a good wheelchair and that it will not be difficult to get. Praise God for Dr Rodney who was brilliant with him today. Pray for wisdom for me, I haven't treated this before and its been nearly 3 years since we learnt it in university!!
Also continue to pray for Betty in her job, she is doing great pray that God will continue to work through her.
Anyway enough about the weather I want to tell you about a patient I had today.
He is 17 and in September he had a car accident and now is paralysed from the waist down. After the accident he went to hospital in Port au Prince (the capital city) and stayed there for a month, then went to hospital near his home in Cap Haitian for a few weeks then they sent him home. Except the whole time no-one explained to him why he couldn't move his legs and that he was going to be paralysed for the rest of his life and that he would never walk again. They also didn't give him a wheelchair, so for the past 8 months his brother has been lifting him and he has been thinking one day he will get better and walk again.
And he came to me thinking I could help him walk again. So it was a hard thing to tell him I couldn't. I got one of our doctors (Dr. Rodney who is a great doctor) to come in and to explain to him why he cannot move and to tell him it is permanent and he will never be able to walk again. Dr Rodney talked with him for about an hour, encouraged him that even if his legs don't work other parts of his body do and he can use them. He asked him if he is already a christian and he was. Then we talked about what he wants to do with his life now, the first thing he said was I want to walk again. So Dr Rodney explained again and he then said he wanted to go back to school and he wants to be a pastor.
I found the one and only wheelchair we have in the clinic, its pretty old and didn't have any footplates but at the minute it is better than nothing. Wheelchairs are difficult to get in Haiti, they have a market downtown called the 'pepe' which is all things imported in from america so his brother is going to look there see if they can buy one although I have no idea how much it will cost. So that was a pretty hard thing to do today. I just ask for some things to pray for.
Please pray for this guy, If I remember right his name in Paul Jean, pray the he will be able to accept the news, that he will trust in God for his future. Please pray for a good wheelchair and that it will not be difficult to get. Praise God for Dr Rodney who was brilliant with him today. Pray for wisdom for me, I haven't treated this before and its been nearly 3 years since we learnt it in university!!
Also continue to pray for Betty in her job, she is doing great pray that God will continue to work through her.
