Second Week

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 Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us.  To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!  Amen.

Ephesians 3:20


This week has been a week of joy as I witness God touching His people and healing them.  On Tuesday we were able to operate on the large dental cyst depicted in the last blog.  All went well and once the swelling decreases this will be life changing for him.

Wednesday we operated until 10:30 pm.  We removed a recurrent cancer of the salivary gland.  This was a very difficult surgery but God graciously revealed the facial nerve and we were able to preserve his facial movement.




We also took care of a patient with a large mass deep at the base of skull.  Below is a picture of what we saw when he opened his mouth.  We approached this via the neck and praise God we were able to successfully remove the mass.  He now is able to swallow well and speech is improved.


Our last surgery on Wednesday was to repair a mandible fracture from a Boda boda accident.  The mandible had multiple fractures but we were able to piece things together with the plates and screws that were available.

On Thursday I saw a number of clinic patients but also fit 10 patients with digital hearing aids.  This is always a joy to see patients reaction when they can hear clearly again!


We operated on Friday way into the night again.  But we were able to finish all of our cases for the day.  2 patients had large nasal polyps removed. Unfortunately we had to return to the operating room with one patient for bleeding.  This was controlled but delayed our last surgery until late that day. We did one tonsillectomy in addition.


Thank you for your continued prayers.  It will be another busy week with surgeries planned for monday, wednesday and friday.

Chase


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