Category: Medical

Big hearts

Big hearts

Sometimes the medical clinic seems to have a theme for a time with several of our patients coming in with similar things. Here recently one of the themes seems to be cardiac. (See blog Stomach, Lungs, or Heart for another one of these patients.) Last week, we had a visit from a patient that we […]
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Stomach, Lungs, or Heart?

Stomach, Lungs, or Heart?

About 1-2 months ago now, we saw a new patient. She came to us with complaints of feeling short of breath after getting food poisoning. She also had a non-productive moist cough with wheezes. Her vital signs were normal with a moderately elevated blood pressure (159/87) and good oxygen saturations. Being that it all initially […]
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Hungry Baby

Hungry Baby

We often take calls and emails from our remote church planters with medical questions and patients that have been brought to them for help. This past week, we received a call from one such missionary women who is frequently asked to treat the people of their language group. They are very remote. There is no […]
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“Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” (read singing)

“Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” (read singing)

“Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” There are some weeks that the patients coming into the clinic develop a theme. “Oh, this week is head week” or “this week is foot week”. These past two weeks have reminded me more of the children’s song, “Head, shoulders, knees, and toes…knees and toes”. (WARNING: Some of these stories, […]
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The Usual

The Usual

There has not been much to write about in relation to the clinic and my medical work. Just the usual colds, well-child checks, back pain, sprained joints, cuts to treat, meds refilled, and other “usual” stuff. But after months of frequent emergencies we are grateful for “the usual” and this is actually a huge answer […]
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Mourning a Friend, Celebrating Jesus!

Mourning a Friend, Celebrating Jesus!

I have not had the words or known how to say what has been going on here. Time. We all needed some time. On December 7th, I was called to the clinic for an emergency cardiac arrest with a code in progress. A national friend had suffered an apparent sudden cardiac arrest after kicking the […]
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The Rest of the Story…

The Rest of the Story…

Most often when we see patients, especially national patients, we don’t usually get to hear, as Paul Harvey used to say, “the rest of the story”…how things turned out for them. For one reason or another, they don’t follow up with our clinic. And for the most part, I am okay with that. But there […]
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Retro Posts

Retro Posts

Hello, During my previous time in Papua New Guinea in 2012, I had a blog that told many of the stories of how I was seeing God work. I wanted to share those again for those who are just joining my adventures and wanting to learn more about my times there. What follows are the […]
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