Shanksteps # 80Meningitis vs. SacrificeOne week ago, 13-year-old Birmé came into the hospital with a 5-day history of headache and neck pain.  She was diagnosed with meningitis (the first of the season) and started on a long course of antibiotics.…
Shanksteps #76
 There are constantly new ways of doing things when one lives in a rural situation without many supplies.  We order medications and only half of our order arrives.  So we do without medications a long time.  We are forced to…
Shanksteps #75
Shanksteps #75 “I need you to come to the hospital now, he is not breathing well!” As we went to the hospital I found out that a drunk man was run over by an ox cart. It has an axle…
Shanksteps #73
Shanksteps Job description of a medical missionary (and hospital director) The longer we are here, the more involved the job description of my husband: general surgeon and hospital director. When a 35-year-old man comes to the hospital with a painful…