uncertainty. . .

last friday while all the uncertainty about the rioting and the state of the country was going on, i was worried. mostly because i realized that there would be so many people who weren't going to get surgery. if we couldn't find diesel we wouldn't be able to run the generator. obviously no generator, no surgery. one little guy ben who is special to me because i have been seeing him every week since early february was scheduled for surgery. he has a horrible infection in his knee. it wasn't something that he would be able to live with and just wait for october when the team came back. it is something that needed to be taken care of as soon as possible.

we have enough diesel to do surgery on a bit of a smaller scale, the team that was supposed to come in on saturday didn't come. so things are a bit different from planned. there were people who weren't able to have surgery as planned. but ben had his surgery last night. he is in a cast and he will need weeks of antibiotics. but the possibility for him to have surgery, to be able to have a surgeon who knows what he needed is amazing. i am so grateful to dr. del and the team for being willing to be here and work as hard as they do. thanks guys!