The Team rests after a tough Saturday

Feb 6 -- The team finished day two of medical work with a few good saves in the mountains. The first was a little boy who had suffered a massive asthma attack. He appeared listless and seemed in dire straits. The docs gave him two nebulizer treatments and some steroids and he was fine in about 40 minutes.

The other was a man who showed up with a badly crushed finger. He had been stepped on by a cow. Dr. Steve thought the man was in danger of losing his finger. He had my son -- Danny -- clean out the wound and help him set the fingers. The prognosis is good.

The same can not be said for a pair of young children seen by Liz. The children were severely malnourished and were experiencing failure to thrive. She gave them am anti-parasitic and then wrote out detailed instructions for the mother on how to add more calories to the children´s milk with vegetable oil and sugar. Not convinced however, she alerted the pastor of that church and asked him to keep an eye on the babies. In all likelihood however, they will not make it.

The team drove all the way back to Masaya exhausted and looking forward to a day off on Sunday. Keep reading and praying!