"We are the clay and You our potter" Isa 64:8

My last day at Tenwek came a little while ago. Those weeks working with the pediatric team were incredible; and though they had moments that were very heavy and hard, I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I met some really incredible people at Tenwek (you know who you are) and the lessons I learned will stay with me for a lifetime.              Now I am home and started back to work in America as an outpatient pediatrician. I will not hear the constant alarms that used to plague my dreams, nor will I be making decisions regarding the use of limited resources like ventilators. In a way I am thankful that the acuity level of my patients now will be significantly lower (for the most part) and the overall anxiety of treating them should as well. Yet, the job is still the same. Almighty God has called me to serve those made in His image. It will just look a little different this week.  As you can imagine with such a stark cont...

     Three of our patients died yesterday. Two of them we have been working with for quite a while. They were all extremely sick, but at least the two for a while improved and we thought that just maybe they would get better and go home someday. But this weekend they both worsened for unknown reasons. I literally threw everything at them that I could think. And briefly one of them looked a little better. But, in the end the Lord took them home. He answered our prayers for healing, but wow, does it hurt. The worst part, or maybe a blessing, was that I wasn’t there when all of this happened. I had gone to see some patients at an orphanage 3 hours away. I left my team and I wasn’t there when the family I have walked with for almost 4 weeks lost their son who I have come to love dearly. For those of you who have lost loves ones from illness or injury, please know that we hurt with you too.         A few days ago I walked into the NICU and found my tea...