Well, it has been several days since I posted anything, but that doesn't mean nothing has been going on. In fact, the reason for not posting is that I have been fairly busy and too tired at night to post. Or the electricity has been off and there has not been internet.
Today I thought I would just take it easy. Went up to the hospital to check on post-op cases and most seem to be doing well.
Female surgical ward. These are post op patients.
After rounds we all went to Nakpanduri to visit Denise KlienDowell. She is an old friend and a very interesting lady. She is an American who was in the Peace Corps in the '70s. She married a Dutch Catholic brother here in Ghana and they spent the next nearly 50 years promoting tree planting. John, her husband died a few years ago and she has stayed on carrying on with the tree planting project. But she has been a help and blessing to many people over the years. She helps people get help from specialists for various problems and raises donkeys to give to people to help them have a source of income.
Denise's house today
Denise lives in Nakpanduri on the edge of the Gambaga Escarpment. So part of the reason for going there today was to see the sights. It is a beautiful place and we always enjoy visiting there. When I was a child we went there for picnics and when our children were young Denise had a big Easter Egg hunt and cookout for all the missionaries in the area.
While we were in Nakpanduri I got a call from the doctor on call about a young child that might need surgery, asking me to check on him. When we got home, I went up to the hospital and sure enough he needed surgery pretty urgently. Was very sick and weak. But it took several hours to get everything lined up to do the case and it was around 5 PM before we started. It was a case of small bowel perforation due to typhoid and I closed the perforation and cleaned out the abdomen. Hopefully, he will recover and do OK. Only 3 years old and had been sick for a couple of weeks.
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