If you turn right out the front gate of our clinic, right again where the sidewalk ends, and walk carefully four blocks on the muddy road lined by hibiscus bushes up the hill, after a turn or two, you’ll come to Nieve’s house. The first time Mercedes and I visited her, Nieve couldn’t get out of her bed. She could hardly move.
I love doing these house calls with Mercedes, our community nurse. She’s in her element out there and everyone seems to know her and love her. Your patient list has a way of growing when you’re out visiting homes with Mercedes. Recently she recruited me to visit a little girl badly burned on her leg but when we finished with her, 2 or 3 more folks needed a visit. Knowing you are in the neighborhood, people will flag you down and off you go.
Anyway, Nieve is better now, on medication for her severe rheumatoid arthritis, provided through the help of our generous benefactors back home. She now limps on her walker the four blocks to the clinic every week to get her methotrexate shot and have her blood pressure checked. She’s a very positive person, doesn’t complain much about her lot in life. We aren’t able to solve all of her problems, but she’s grateful she can walk again, and so are we. Thanks for making it possible!
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