Medical Team Report

Today the medical team did physical exams at King's Children’s Home. Before starting to see the children, we worked on cleaning up and organizing the infirmary. In the morning, Dale and Bob saw about 30 children who had been selected by Miss Leonnie. Sumner and Shirley helped by doing height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, etc. Most of the children were healthy, although a few hand ringworm or dental problems that needed attention. Dale talked with a 15-year-old who already had one baby and was pregnant with another. Not all of the children were present today because some had gone to be with their families for the Easter weekend. Some of the children are not orphans but stay at the orphanage because one parent is dead and the other works and cannot care for them. But they go with their parent on a holiday.

After lunch, Dale and Bob left for Roaring Creek to talk more with Penny Digman. Dale stayed a good part of the afternoon to talk with Penny about treatment of asthma and diabetes and Penny brought her back to Jaguar Creek. Shirley M. and Shirley K. finished cleaning and organizing the infirmary until the medical team closed up shop around 2 pm. Miss Leonnie had requested that we organize the infirmary and get rid of expired or otherwise not useful medicines. She apologized for not having the room cleaned up for us, but she has her hands full taking care of the children.