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| This 9 year old little girl came in on Wednesday afternoon at around 3... The story we were told was that she had fallen down the mountain a little ways, then falling rocks had slammed into her head. The evidence was certainly there- several severe gashes on the top and back of her head, along with various scrapes and lacerations elsewhere. At first, the nurses weren't particularly worried; it looked nasty, but she was very alert and "with it", and didn't seem to be in as bad a shape as several similar cases we've dealt with. But then, through feeling the back of her head, they discovered a rather large "soft spot" in a wound area, that seemed to indicate a more serious fracture than we had realized before. So it was decided that it would be best for her to go out to see a doctor, and be where there was the possibility of getting an x-ray if that was deemed necessary. Since it wasn't an immediately critical situation, and we've been having difficulty with several vehicles here at the mission, we opted to send her out with a "moto" (motorcycle); so we hauled her and her parents up to the closest market and sent them on their way- dad sitting behind to support her on the way............... |
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| Here she is with her mom, just before heading out. Her head is already bandaged up and wrapped in a cloth to keep the dirt out, always a problem in this dusty, dirty environment. Please pray for their family, they didn't profess to be Christians and the dad had obviously been drinking. God can use anything to point people to Himself!!! |
