{"id":1888,"date":"2016-01-23T00:01:28","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T06:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hopeold.tadtime.dev\/?p=1888"},"modified":"2016-01-23T00:01:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T06:01:28","slug":"friday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopeministries.co\/friday-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"Wow it is hard to believe that this is the last day at Bugando Hospital. \u00a0As I reflect back on all the team has done, I thank God for giving us strength to do HIS work. \u00a0Many people’s lives were touched by the medical team. \u00a0Today Dr. Block performed the first every urethral stent insertion. \u00a0A lot of firsts were done on this trip and many medical students, interns and physicians gained a wealth of information from these doctors. \u00a0I also want to thank my sister Nai for going with me to help in the OR. \u00a0She also did a lot of teaching to the OR nurses on scrubbing and maintaining a sterile environment. \u00a0Through education we can leave lasting changes that will continue to help the people after we are gone. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Nai, Julius and I were pretty tired today. \u00a0We received a phone call late from my son Meshack that his brother had an abdominal stab wound and had been treated at a village hospital. \u00a0During the surgery he went into cardiac arrest and they had to do CPR. \u00a0He then was in a coma, \u00a0so Meshcak brought him by ambulance to Bugando Hospital in Mwanza where we were. \u00a0We received a phone call from Meshack, he sounded so sad and scared, so we rushed to the hospital to be with him. \u00a0When we arrived his brother was getting an ultrasound of the abdomen to rule out any bleeding or peritonitis which was negative. \u00a0I called some of the doctors that I knew to get him some help. \u00a0I then prayed with the family and I ask you all for prayers for this man because he is very sick and in ICU. \u00a0We returned home late, so we got little sleep. \u00a0When we arrived there in the am, \u00a0Nai and I went to ICU and saw Meshack’s brother. \u00a0His vitals were very unstable during the night, but seemed to be stabilized. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Then Meshack came and we updated him on his brother’s condition. \u00a0He looked so sad and had not had any sleep. \u00a0Nai and I talked to him while \u00a0the rest of the team was in different team reports. \u00a0Then Dr. Washington and Bill came out of OR and I took them into the ICU to examine the patient. \u00a0They said the abdomen was soft with no problems, but I told him I was concerned about his \u00a0lungs. \u00a0Dr. Washington listened \u00a0and agreed with me that we should do a chest x-ray. \u00a0Also he reviewed the orders and I questioned some that the resident had written and Dr. Washington agreed with me. \u00a0We had to go pay for the x-ray before it could \u00a0be done, so Nai and traveled all around the hospital until we got that done.<\/p>\n

We then went to OR to finish our last cases with all 3 doctors. \u00a0Then we started the good-byes. \u00a0The team is tired and ready to head back to Ahadi, but I am overwhelmed with all the things that we were able to accomplish. \u00a0Praise God!. \u00a0I always have a hard time with good-byes, but all \u00a0the staff and physicians were so kind and gracious for all we had done.<\/p>\n

Then Nai and I went to ICU to see how Meshack’s brother was doing. \u00a0There had been no change, he is still in a coma. \u00a0It is amazing how God orchestrates everything. \u00a0All of this was truly a God thing. \u00a0To think that Nai, Julius and I were all in Mwanza, \u00a0when Meshack brought in his brother so we could help he and his family out, \u00a0and then I had just met Dr. Washington for the first time and \u00a0he went to ICU to help with this patient. \u00a0God is good! \u00a0He was there to give us strength to help these people. \u00a0<\/p>\n

We then returned to the Hotel where we packed our clothes and had lunch and then we went to the airport. \u00a0On the way we picked up \u00a0Meshack so we could see him before we left and wanted to give him an update on his brother. \u00a0I also gave him some money to assist him with the medical expenses. \u00a0He looked so sad and was hard to say good-bye. \u00a0I miss him so much and my heart hurts to see him so sad and suffering. \u00a0He is such a young man to have so much responsibility. \u00a0His brother has 10 children, and Meshack \u00a0was trying to help get the kids into school that need to be. \u00a0My dear sister Nai and Charles are going to bring the 18 year old boy to their home and help care for him and sponsor him in school. \u00a0They are such beautiful people and give to so many. \u00a0<\/p>\n

We had to say good-bye to Bill, Craig, Cade and Michael, as they were leaving to return to the US. \u00a0I can’t thank them enough for all they did for the people of Tanzania. \u00a0God bless all of you and you were such a joy to have on the team. \u00a0I am praying that you will all return again with me some day. \u00a0I know these doctors give of their time and talent and with a loving and caring heart, and I will be forever grateful. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Please continue to pray for the team as we finish our last few days here and have to say our good-byes. \u00a0This is what I have such a hard time \u00a0doing. \u00a0Please pray for strength and safe travels.<\/p>\n

Thanks for your continual prayers and support. \u00a0To all the donors I want to send a special thanks because through your donations many people’s lives will be changed forever. \u00a0God bless you all.<\/p>\n

Gayle<\/p>\n

Today was our last day at Bugando Hospital. Olivia, Tarynne, and I started our morning with Dr. Mark in Ortho report. The most interesting case was a 35-year old woman with spontaneous numbness and paralysis up to the level of her umbilical region. She had also broken her femur, reportedly just by someone helping her roll over in bed. There were many possible causes for her symptoms, but a final diagnosis had not been made. After report, we went to surgery. Our surgeons were only able to have three total surgeries before we had to leave at noon, including the application of the first renal stent ever given at Bugando. The sad thing is, there were at least two scheduled surgeries today alone where the patients had left the hospital before surgery because they couldn’t afford the procedure. Michelle Clinesmith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wow it is hard to believe that this is the last day at Bugando Hospital. \u00a0As I reflect back on all the team has done, I thank God for giving us strength to do HIS work. \u00a0Many people’s lives were touched by the medical team. \u00a0Today Dr. Block performed the first every urethral stent insertion. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeministries.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeministries.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeministries.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeministries.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeministries.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hopeministries.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeministries.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeministries.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeministries.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeministries.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}