Donner und Blitzen

Mprory Posted by Rory Wilson on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 | 3 comments | Bookmark: digg this Post this to del.icio.us Post this to Facebook

Greetings again from thundery Kiwoko.

Cultural conditioning is great. While dealing with a sick baby last night there was a large explosion in the compound. Everyone seemed at ease and then I realized that it was just incredibly loud thunder right at hand and not an explosion at all! Sadly the child died. Not all our treatment has a successful outcome. However the mother could see that we had tried hard and all that could be done for the little boy had been performed well. It is always a challenge looking after very sick children on general wards who would be in an intensive care unit in Europe. The 2 nurses on the ward spent most of the morning with this one patient, and so hardly saw any of the others. Thankfully the ward wasnt as busy with admissions as it sometimes can be.

One man was discharged last week who had been on the ward for over a month. The first two weeks he was deeply unconscious, and I had little expectation of him leaving the hospital alive. The day before discharge he came to morning hospital worship, clutching his copy of Mark's account of the Gospel, grateful not just for dramatic physical improvement, but finding peace with God after one of the nurses shared her testimony with him.

Please do keep praying for financial challenges, staff shortages and interstaff relations.

Thanks as ever

Rory

Comments

anna stewart said Thu, 27 Apr 2006 06:50PM
hi rory! great to hear how your getting on. Im due to take my medical elective at the end of 3rd year, which will be june/july 2007. Been thinking about the possibility of coming out to Kiwoko.I emailed Judith through the FOKW website and just thought Id contact you as well. i know its not til next summer but always good to plan/pray ahead and get some options available. So any info would be appreciated. God bless Anna Stewart
Jo Bleakley said Sat, 13 May 2006 08:55PM
Great to hear all that's going on with you. Keep on blogging!
aldo said Fri, 26 May 2006 04:00PM
Dear Rory, I'm Aldo, a Newcastle medical student comin to Kiwoko in a couple of weeks (arriving 12 june)!. It's been interesting and informative reading your blog entries...you've given me a taste of Kiwoko! I've collected some medical equipment for Kiwoko but the airline has said they won't take any extra luggage free of charge,so,could you tell me which items out of the following list are needed, so that I can give them priority?. I emailed Judith about this a week or so, but haven't heard back yet. The items are: recent bnfs (got about 10), stethoscopes, gloves, thermometers, tourniquets, bp monitors (manual and electronic), oxford handbooks, desinfectant wipes,tongue depressors, pen torches. see you soon. Aldo.