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A Normal Day in the Hospital for a Child on the Pediatric Ward  at Dr. Mario Catarino Rivas Hospital:
     Your room usually has four other children in it, all of whom are very sick. You will probably have one, old and stained fitted sheet that may or may not fit your bed. You will not have a pillow, a bedside table, nor a table to eat on. If you need an IV, a large nail will be put in the wall to hang the IV. If a family member is nearby, she will carry the IV with you as you use a very broken bathroom that does not have soap nor toilet paper. When you go back to your bed, a doctor and a nurse will often come to see you. However, there sometimes isn't enough syringes or medicines for you to have your medicine today. If you need to have a medical exam done, very often there is no money for the exam either. Your meals are always the same: 2 very small corn tortillas, a small amount of black beans, and sometimes some white Honduran cheese. You have to balance the food on your lap as you eat. If you are fortunate, a family member will help you with your food and stay with you. However, there are very few beds for the parents. There is no TV nor air conditioning except in the cancer ward. If your parents have to work to make money for the rest of the family, you may spend many lonely hours in your bed without visitors or anything to do, often in pain and feeling very ill. You may watch your roommates get sicker, and sometimes die.
   

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A normal day in the hospital for many kids

There are Many Project Accomplishments:
1) We have fed almost 100,000 kids in 2 1/2 years!Laughing
2) A kitchen was built on the pediatric ward for the snack preparation by Elon University.
3) About a ton of basic medical supplies have been donated.
4) Close to $100,000 worth of medicines have been supplied.
5) Three wheelchairs from Free Wheel Chair Missions has been brought down.
6) An infusion pump was donated.
7) Twelve fans have been installed.
8) Two crash carts were purchased.
9) A specialized table and ventilation system to prepare chemotherapeutic agents were purchased.
10) Murals have been painted on the walls of the hospital.
11) Ninety metal chart covers were purchased.
12) The pediatric ward has been fumigated for cockroaches several times.
13) Internet was installed on the pediatric ward.
14) Computers were donated by Qualcomm.
15) Syringes, soap, and toilet paper have been purchased in large amounts.
16) Handmade beanies and blankets have been handed out to hundreds of children.

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Eric and Karina, two project workers making a fortified milk drink for the kids
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A child with a beanie made by the women of Penasquitos Lutheran Church
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Thom and Carlos putting together wheelchairs for the kids
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Yani, a little girl rehydrated by the juice and milk provided by the snack project
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A malnourished child in the hospital
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A girl on the cancer ward
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A young girl in dire need of a liver transplant
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A badly burned little boy who was kept alive by our infusion pump
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A boy on the pediatric ward
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Getting chemotherapy during VBS
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Errin, helping to deliver needed syringes
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Nurse Teresa and Nurse Isabel happily receiving needed medical supplies

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