3rd week at Tenwek 4/2025

My third week at Tenwek was another busy time. My clinic time was minimal on Monday and Wednesday. I made time to fit about 10 hearing aids to those in need. These are always a blessing. Many of the patients have never seen or heard of a hearing aid. They are amazed at the improved hearing. These aids were obtained from Resound and are top of the line programmable hearing aids. The patients treasure the aids and proudly wear them after being fit. I treated a 15 year old boy this week for nose bleeds. He was seen last week in Casualty for signficant blood loss related to a right sided nose bleed. The emergency room placed a pack and by the time I saw him there was no further bleed. he was discharged and to return to clinic for removal of the pack 3 days later. He showed up early again to the Casualty area with recurrent bleeding. He was really traumatized by the experience. I worked with him to control bl...