Off to a new village today. We have 9 students helping us. A couple are feeling under the weather, others just need a break from the main project of laying pipe.
We started the morning looking at all the children. Most had very nice teeth. Only one wouldn’t open her mouth and one we asked to return in the afternoon for extractions.
All lined up, ready to see the dentist
We saw about 50 today, many extractions and an afternoon of cleanings. Cleanings are hard. Heavy tenacious calculus, hard on our fingers, we are getting blisters! I would much rather pull teeth.
There was a surprise. The villagers brought in a worker from the rice fields. He has sliced open his knee; actually quite deep, all the way into the muscle. They asked me to see him. After we cleaned it up, I realized the wound needed to be sutured closed. So…suturing a knee isn’t much different then sewing up the mouth and I went to work.
I would like to thank Dr. Marvin Ordway, my friend and a veterinarian in Twain Harte. Our offices are adjacent. As I have visited his clinic over the years I have taken the opportunity to watch him sew up numerous cats and dogs. I used a similar technique!
This little guy is listening very carefully!
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