January 18, 2008 - Dr. Dad

Yesterday, Garth and my dad went to take an Indonesian man to see a missionary doctor because of a wound on his foot. I won't go in to details about that because some of you may not have eaten breakfast yet and I don't want to ruin your appetite. But I will say that, he thinks that Satan threw him into the fire. What probably happened was that he fell asleep by the fire and rolled into it. Regardless, he burned his foot pretty bad. So while the doctor was treating him a lady from a village in the Highlands was brought in. She broke her leg in three places on New Years Eve when a big rock rolled on it during a party. The doctor had to reset the leg. The lady had no anesthetic, yet made not a peep during the whole process. Good thing my dad was there because he helped the doctor's husband make a brace for her leg out of a 2x4. They were attaching it with ace bandages until they ran out. Then they used duct tape. Good old duct tape.
That stuff is good for everything. They drew quite the crowd of Indonesian amazed at what my Dad and Phil could do. The brace is amazing. The lady was so grateful. What a way to be a blessing.
I have decided that today is the last day we will have sickness in our house. Wyatt has been home with a fever, Mom and Dad are getting over colds, Sophie was up a bunch of times during the night throwing up and Carlena has a terrible cold. Last night her ear was really bothering her, so I read in my Herbal Remedies book that if you finely chop an onion, wrap it in gauze and place it on the ear it will help. So we did that and secured it with a bandana. She smelled like soup but it really helped. Today she feels 100 times better. Yeah for onion ear!!!!
It has been raining today but if it clears up we are going to take the family on a drive around the lake so they can see the different villages. Mom has taken over 1000 pictures already. So if you ask her to see some pictures after she gets back, make sure you have a chair and lots of time.
Hope your day is pleasant.
Talk to you tomorrow.
Rachel