Tuesday, Another Busy Day

Today was another very busy day at the clinic!  I saw 9 patients today with a variety of problems.  Many are still coming in with overall joint pain probably due to arthritic changes in their joints...So I teach them some strengthening and stretching exercises and send them on their way.  Today I saw the sweetest little old lady.  She was in with her husband (who was blind) and snuck into a PT spot. She was pretty old and had bad posture which was making her back  and neck hurt.  I helped her neck by stretching it and massaging the tight muscles.  I also did a few exercises with her... She thought it was the best thing in the world.  She said I was beautiful and that when I came back to Peru next time she was going to bring me a present.  She also said that when I was giving her manual traction that I took her bad energy and that I should be tired from it!   So cute and so sweet, she really made me smile. 

Later, I had another patient that was a older male.  He had a mining accident 20 years ago and suffered a pretty severe brain surgery and half of his body was weak.  He was confused and only knew his name (not where he was or how old he is).  He was using an old walker and had a tiny little wife that came in with him.  They live in a one room house with a tin roof.  We fixed him up with a new walker that we happened to have left from the last project and tried improving his ambulation.  He tires quickly and had a hard time following directions.  We couldn't give him a wheelchair, but without the shipment here, it was impossible.  We gave his wife a few exercises to do with him, but she can't read and couldn't read the exercise sheet.  I almost cried.  

Overall, many of these patients have touched me just as much or more than I have touched their lives.  Please continue to pray for the people that we get to work with down here.  They are really great, amazing people that are full of love.  I have been repeatedly blessed with getting the chance to know a little bit about them and their lives here in Peru.  Thank you for the support!  Please continue to pray about our shipment, we are getting scared that after all this work we may not even get to fit these devices with the people that need them so badly.  Tomorrow is the day!!  I can feel it.  Pray hard!  God can work miracles!  Thanks:)

Sharaya

Ps.  Tonight after clinic we went into the downtown and walked through a couple beautiful catholic churches and a convent.  This convent was amazingly beautiful, and I'm now thinking of a life as a nun:) hehe.