Zack is in Cameroon, Africa for 3 weeks visiting his amazing brother, who is a missionary over there. He has very little access to the outside World and is overwhelmed with the dichotomy of our “world” of medicine and what he is experiencing over there. Here is yesterday’s email:
“Seriously rough day today. I helped take a post-op c-section with sepsis back to or. She died later today. Under resuscitated. I think I could have done better. Open skull fx mca is looking awful. I can see about 30 percent of his r brain missing from plain exam. We washed him out today. Plan to use Dr. xxxxx’s fat transplant idea when cleaner. Still not sure exactly best plan for him. I put a pin in a kid with a mangled foot. Tendon repair is not really an option. Infant died of pneumonia. Malaria everywhere. Coartem for all! Certainly humbles me to pray, makes me question the massive discrepancies in the world, and yet makes me value their simplicity of life so lacking from my current state.” ~Zack
Today, Zack sent a photo of their “Difficult Airway Cart”. This stuff really makes you appreciate what we have!
Here are some more shots Shinar just sent:
