Unfortunately this is our last Shanksteps from Cameroon. As you already know, from previous shanksteps, we are moving back stateside to be near our daughter Sarah and be in closer proximity to our families. It is with sadness that we…
#164 Shanksteps
She had been 3 days in labor at home. Then she went to the clinic. They recognized that she needed to be at the hospital, so she was sent to us. As I walked into the room a putrid odor…
Shanksteps #163
There are six weeks left of time here in Cameroon. Each day is filled with the usual complex patients at the hospital. Inpatient rounds, outpatients, surgeries, and periodic calls at night. The evenings are spent with Audrey and Sarah, often…
Shanksteps #159
“Could one of you come and see this child?” Jacques asked Audrey and I. The child was breathing fast and was very pale. He is 7 months old, 6kg (about 13lbs), and has a huge anterior fontanelle which is very…