Cholera update

You are not going to believe these next two photos!! We told the story of Plezime a few days back.  First post on Plezime She had cholera and was being carried to find help in a rain storm.  Well, she found great help and care at the cholera house and

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Every 1 matters

Since March 1998, we have been doing our best to provide medical care for people in the Cazale area.  From that first day, we started a charting system that we still follow.  Every patient is given a number.  They have a index card with the number, name, age, and village

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Cholera update

We seem to be on a downward trend here the last 2 days with our total inpatients staying overnight coming down in the mid-40s (from 60-70).  Here are some charts so that you can get a visual of the increase that we’ve been seeing over the last 2 wks. In

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Rain, Rain, GO AWAY!!

THANK YOU Christian Aid Ministries (CAM)!!  Since the beginning of the cholera epidemic, they have provided so many supplies.  Starting early Thursday morning, dad started hauling items in.  Three large loads of IV fluids, buckets, bleach, soap, ORS, hand sanitizer, and more. We all 3 squeezed in the front seat and

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IV fluids-more post to come soon!

Check on the amount of IV fluid used at the cholera house in 24 hour Her are two of the families that were featured on the blog this past week. Both healed and returning home today.  To God be all the Glory!

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