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Wednesday, 21 March 2007 |
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On the first day of spring the temperature reaches 40 degrees Celsius... and this is only half as hot as it will get..- so the local Indians. Awesome ! Sweat runnning down our bodies all day long, everything is on slow motion and we cannot imagine what it will be like working from morning till afternoon at 50 degrees ..
Haha... hope you enjoy your first day of spring wherever you are. Be blessed and stay safe. Much love from India :0) |
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Stories of life that make us grow |
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Thursday, 01 March 2007 |
...We, Heather and I, were on our way home from the hospital and passed the admissions area. There was an Auto-Rikshaw right outside at the entrance with a crying woman on the back seat. Heather and I looked at each other and went over around the vehicle. Heather lifted the woman's dress and saw a tiny baby-hand between her legs. Everything after that happened very quickly. I asked if we had any gloves with us, Heather was voicing what we both thought: Maybe the baby is stuck, the head cannot come out, because of a shoulder presentation in the uterus. She ran to the admissions room to get help. By that time there were student nurses with me and I showed them the little hand...or was it more than a hand ? It was dark in the back of the rikshaw but when I took a closer look I clearly saw the head. So, the head must have come out within seconds of debating what we could do to help best. Unfortunately Heather ran with the gloves and I had none. Oh, what the heck...I got my hands in there and delivered the baby with my bare hands on the back seat of that rikshaw. The little one slipped right out but wasn't breathing. The cord was white,...so no oxygene got to the baby. I tried to get some mucous out of its mouth, put my little finger in there and rubbed the back. Eventually Heather came back with a birth kit and clamped and cut the cord so that the baby could be resuscitated properly. Another helper came and got the mom on a stretcher to bring her inside as well. Bairbre, Laurie and Consuelo were helping the doctor to resuscitate the baby. They prayed for the little one, but despite all effort the baby-boy was declared dead just minutes later. God had already decided to take his life and He chose not to bring him back to life. A sad story like one of many. When Heather delivered the placenta later we saw that it was very calcified and very pale, not like a healthy placenta in dark red which nourishes the child until it takes its first breath. So it was not the actual situation of the delivery that cost the baby its life... that was kind of comforting because there was nothing else we could have done. But anyways,...another stillborn that went through my hands.
Well, I still think this is one of those experiences that help us grow. God is teaching me valuable lessons and I know He is right there with me, in joyful times as well as in suffering and hurting times. One day...it will all be made new...one day everything's gonna be ok. |
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Very warm indian February-greetings |
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Sunday, 25 February 2007 |
(this is my new-invented, freely translated word) !
Yes, very warm indeed. We have around 30 degrees and I am absolutely loving it. Sometimes I feel reminded of holidays in Greece on the beach !! haha Well, when I open my eyes the scenery is very different though.
Ok, so what has been happening ? We continue to work at the hospital in Hyderabad, deliver babies, care for the newborns and moms before and after delivery and help in "Admissions". Other than that we started to look into other areas as well, like operation rooms, labs and we are also in the antenatal wards. This gives us more opportunities to look into different areas but it actually was nothing that we were planning to do. The Superintendant of the hospital had a few talks with our leaders and there seemed to be some confusion about wether we were actually allowed to conduct deliveries or not. We were asked to hand in the letter of permission and get this paper and that record and what not...Everthing is fine but not every doctor knows what exactly we are allowed to do. With many other students and student nurses being around who do not normally deliver babies that whole issue created quite a bit of confusion among the staff. So now they asked us to have only up to three people in the labour room during the day. Therefore we tried to look into different areas where we could work and gain more experience besides the areas I mentioned earlier.
I got to deliver my 18th baby last Friday. It was a big girl, 3.75 kg. The mom had been pregnant twice before, but none of those babies are still alive. Another delivery that I had the Tuesday before was not such a happy experience with a good outcome. The baby had probably died already two days before and came as a stillborn. Experiencing the wonder of life, alive babies being born every day, make this experience especially sad. I have been thinking about this a lot and it struck me that the date of birth for that little one is actually dated AFTER its date of death. How strange is that ? Or is it not a "birthdate" really ?
Once again I am reminded of the fact that life and death are so close together, they are both around us every day. They "happen" all the time at the same time all around the world. Life is so precious. I want to soak up every day that I am alive and not only that...I want to give life, speak life and point to the source of life everlasting...And that is only to be found in Jesus, who is the true Life himself.
I love you, my friends and family, and I am truly grateful that you are a part of my life ! |
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