Saturday, October 24, 2009

Still alive... check.

Hey all,
Sorry for being the silent voice over here... I guess i prefer to send personal e-mails to actual blogging... If you're feeling left out, please message me and I'll get right on it*
Things haven't been half so bad out here now that I've gotten used to the tropical heat (sort of).
It's weird living in a country of perpetual summer... my Winnipeg-bred body has been doing pretty well, thanks to all of you praying for health!
Words really cannot do this experience justice.  I mean, attending five births in one day isn't your everyday, mundane task... it's witnessing five miracles in a row!  The mothers who come to the clinic here are usually below the poverty line... even by this country's standards.  Some of them are as young as 17 pregnant with their third child or 30 pregnant with their seventh... apparently most families cant even afford contraceptives.  
The midwives on staff (about five of them) work around the clock, 24/7 some days, to care for the steadily growing number of patients each month (we've had 40 births this past September and 41 scheduled for this month).  The normal budget is 25 births/month.  
I know that this work is in God's hands and that his resources are more than enough for us... please pray that all the workers here would be given the faith to ask and receive such blessing from the Lord.
If any of you happen to be part of this blessing you might need the following information!

Some of the things we really need right now are:
4x4 sterile gauze
sterile gloves sizes 7, 7 1/2
non sterile gloves
urine dip sticks
nitrizine paper for testing amniotic fluid
KY Jelly
sterile jelly pacs
alcohol prep pads
5cc syringes and needles(1 inch)
1cc syringes and needles (1/2 inch)
macro drip IV tubing
18 gauge IV needles
Prenatal vitamins 
Iron supplements 
Tylenol
Chromic 2.0 sutures absorbable 
oxygen baby mask
De Lee's suction tubes
Catheter
Extra BP cuff or stethoscopes
Doppler!! ha ha ha 
Baby blankets, hats or clothes.

Haha... Bring on the blessing! Now I don't expect supplies of this nature to all of a sudden come flooding in... but if you are so inclined, you may mail these items to:

Ruel Foundation
Brgy. Masipit 5200
Calapan City
Oriental Mindoro
Philippines

3 comments:

  1. possibility of sharing the postage= putting all the supplies in a big box and sending it out this christmas... (that's our plan anyways...) it'd be sweet to put it all together.

    We want to purchase a big airport-approved box and send it out in December with anything people may want to contribute in it.
    If you're interested in this, let me know!!!
    Alana

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  2. Hey* If you guys are going to send out one of those big boxes, keep in mind that it may take two months to get here! haha...

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  3. hi....im interested in yourwork as you may call it im a medical technologist....how can i help you....this is my email add....andeng_1119@yahoo.com call me on my cp 09159940748

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