February 19, 2015

February 19, 2015

 Dear Friends,

Sorry I am so tardy in publishing my first blog of PNG 2015. (It isn’t because Tyronza hasn’t asked!) Tyronza and I have been very busy settling back into Kudjip Nazarene Hospital life and routine.

We left the USA on January 14^th and traveled to the Philippines for a ten day diving and land vacation. Those of you who are Tyronza’s facebook friends have already seen some of our pictures. The diving was fantastic and we had a great time.

Tyronza's transportation to the Bible College

We arrived in Papua New Guinea on January 28^th and started work almost immediately. Tyronza has been working off the station at the Nazarene Teacher’s College helping with admissions for the new school year. Scot is back in the saddle doing gynecologic surgery, helping to manage the obstetrics ward, labor and delivery, and seeing patients in the outpatient clinic. Nothing really exciting to report.

I have had one maternal death since our arrival. She was suffering from acute liver failure and did not respond to any attempt at medical management. The baby was term, so we got him out healthy, but the mother continued to slide downhill. Once we established that she would not survive, the husband boxed her up and took her home. He said it would be much easier to get her home before she died rather than after!

Sorry to hear you have been having such cold weather. The weather here has been nice, but with much rain, probably 15-20 inches in the past three weeks. We typically have a few hours of sunshine each day.

Scot with Gabrielle, medical student from New Zealand

Oops, this is Tyronza speaking and I have neglected to complete and post this entry for several days. In fact, it is now Sunday morning, March 8^th. Rain count is probably up to 25 inches. I was going over to the Bible College for a couple of weeks and would have cooking to attend to upon my return. We enjoy our time here with our Kudjip friends, but we do miss family and friends and home. I am thankful for email and facebook that allows us to stay connected.

We are hopeful that your winter will soon come to an end and that a beautiful spring will follow all the cold weather and snow Swe have been hearing about.

Praying God’s blessing upon each one of you,

Dr. P (Scot) and Tyronza

twpcgi@gmail.com