Today was a busy "medical" day. Vikas went off to take a couple people to the hospital for follow-up with specialists. Meanwhile, I went to work treating a woman with boils/skin lesions to her legs. After cleaning and dressing them, she informed us that she had just been diagnosed with HIV. The follow-up she was told to do? Return for another test in 6mo to see if it has progressed to AIDS and make sure you eat healthy. Nice. So after some teaching and giving some multi-vitamins we made a plan to take her for further bloodwork in the afternoon. In the meantime, another woman had come in with bad burns to her bottom, so we sent her to the hospital with her daughter to have them looked at (as there is no burn supplies at the school). The doctor tried to say she needed to be admitted to hospital but we made the decision that as long as she has appropriate antibiotics and ointment for the burns, no need for hospital. Sooo, back she came with her medication and ointment (which was only a ointment similar to polysporin so sent someone to buy some SilverX to treat the burns). The story is that she was cooking and moved a large boiling pot of water, lost her balance or slipped, and fell backwards into the scalding water, resulting in 2nd degree burns to her bum! Not a very pleasant place to be burned. There are to large open areas to either side and a very large fluid filled blister which drained nice brown fluid...
Needless to say, she will not be sitting for quite sometime!
The rest of the day involved dr appointments, lab appointments, and making sure everything was charted, put in the binders for follow-up, and checking in with Vikas about the hospital appointments, which, once again were mostly a waste of time as the TB Dr apparently decided not to show up after they had been sitting there for almost an hour. Good thing was that Rikah (who had fallen last week) was able to get a cast on her arm for a fractured wrist! Also had to take Parvitii for blood work and chest xray. She was very brave, sat on my lap and cried while they took blood, but didn't move :(
So after a long, busy day Tania, Liz (another volunteer), and I went Sari shopping for the kids school program which is on Sunday! We did quite well and each got a sari and fitted for the undershirt to go with it and back to the apartment in 1.5 hours!! Fantastic!
Well, I think I am off to bed very shortly. Maybe a cold shower first, as the water is ridiculously cold in the morning!
Needless to say, she will not be sitting for quite sometime!
The rest of the day involved dr appointments, lab appointments, and making sure everything was charted, put in the binders for follow-up, and checking in with Vikas about the hospital appointments, which, once again were mostly a waste of time as the TB Dr apparently decided not to show up after they had been sitting there for almost an hour. Good thing was that Rikah (who had fallen last week) was able to get a cast on her arm for a fractured wrist! Also had to take Parvitii for blood work and chest xray. She was very brave, sat on my lap and cried while they took blood, but didn't move :(
So after a long, busy day Tania, Liz (another volunteer), and I went Sari shopping for the kids school program which is on Sunday! We did quite well and each got a sari and fitted for the undershirt to go with it and back to the apartment in 1.5 hours!! Fantastic!
Well, I think I am off to bed very shortly. Maybe a cold shower first, as the water is ridiculously cold in the morning!
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