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(sunday) STORM
57As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 58Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
59He said to another man, "Follow me."
But the man replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."
60Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
61Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good bye to my family."
62Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."
powerful stuff.
bible study was amazing. kids starting to see where it is relevant in life. and seeing that sometimes, there are no easy answers. christian life is not easy, for sure. i was happy to them take initiative in expressing concern and prayer, without the teacher's lead.
Lord, you know those who need you. lighten the burden, Lord.
******
5 pm service
wow, DP gave an awesome sermon about what it means to be a christian. he is so clear and thorough. some pastors and speakers have a lot of charisma, but an hour later, you forget what it was about. not so with dp. it was very, very good. the marriage analogy worked for me. also, i learned many things about myself and marriage.
dp used marriage as an analogy to understand christianity. but for me, it was useful in reverse, as well. i am confident i know what christianity is about. i don't think i am so clear on what marriage is about, yet. but using christianity as a model, i realized that i had many false ideas on serious relationships/marriage. many things to ponder....
******
prayer. open eyed. wow.
******
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehehehehehhehehe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*******
peds: wk 1, day 5 (fri)
i was instructed to see a kid by myself, to interview and examine her. she was in a wheelchair, and slouched forward in a very awkward position. she was slouched over because she had spina bifida (her vertebra did not close, allowing the spinal cord to pop out (myelomeningocele)), and consequently, she had had surgery. she was at the clinic today for a persistent fever, even with broad spectrum antibiotics that the cultured bacteria was sensitive to.
when i examined her, i found a big volleyball sized lump in her lower back (good work, watson!) upon palpation, it was clearly BONEY. i asked the kid and her mom how long it had been there. 2 wks, came the reply. now, i'm not an expert in tumors and stuff, but i was pretty sure that tumors don't grow that big in two wks. in fact, i had a really really bad feeling that there was something seriously wrong with this patient.
"uh....... i'll be right back, " i told them. i went out and called the resident, and showed him the lump in the back.
he felt it, and, !!!!!!!!!!!! "um.....i'll be right back," he said.
the attending came into the room several minutes later, and took a look. he then turned to the mother and kid and said, "i think we need to take her to the ER. i don't want to alarm you, but we need to go, NOW."
the mother surprisingly didn't look upset or alarmed at all, just smiled, nodded, and complied. the attending, resident, and i made our way to the doctor's lounge, where the attending said, "holy ****! i think that is a subluxation of the lumbar vertebrae!!" (the kid's spine had not just slipped, but had fallen off COMPLETELY away from the other portion, leaving a plateau. the kid was hunched over because her upper potion had fallen forward, and the big lump was the botton vertebrae, sticking out.
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peds: wk 1, day 2
i went to an underpriviledged school, where i saw high school kids for the health clinic. the school we went to had bars all over, only one effective entrance/exit, manned by police, and the hallways were filled with elderly kids that looked like they had flunked many grades.
in the health clinic, i interviewed a 14 yr old, and learned how different life was for other ppl. and how special and comfortable my life was, in comparison. i never had a warning from my own mother not to hang out in groups, for fear that cops would think that you were up to no good, and arrest you. i never had ppl come up to be and just beat me because i was a new kid in school. he had a broken hand, because of multiple fights he had engaged in. hearing the reasons why he had fought, i didn't know what to say. so sad.
i had never really seen this type of youth/childhood except in movies. this kid was living it every day.
********
yakob at 1:37 AM
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57As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 58Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
59He said to another man, "Follow me."
But the man replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."
60Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
61Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good bye to my family."
62Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."
powerful stuff.
bible study was amazing. kids starting to see where it is relevant in life. and seeing that sometimes, there are no easy answers. christian life is not easy, for sure. i was happy to them take initiative in expressing concern and prayer, without the teacher's lead.
Lord, you know those who need you. lighten the burden, Lord.
******
5 pm service
wow, DP gave an awesome sermon about what it means to be a christian. he is so clear and thorough. some pastors and speakers have a lot of charisma, but an hour later, you forget what it was about. not so with dp. it was very, very good. the marriage analogy worked for me. also, i learned many things about myself and marriage.
dp used marriage as an analogy to understand christianity. but for me, it was useful in reverse, as well. i am confident i know what christianity is about. i don't think i am so clear on what marriage is about, yet. but using christianity as a model, i realized that i had many false ideas on serious relationships/marriage. many things to ponder....
******
prayer. open eyed. wow.
******
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehehehehehhehehe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*******
peds: wk 1, day 5 (fri)
i was instructed to see a kid by myself, to interview and examine her. she was in a wheelchair, and slouched forward in a very awkward position. she was slouched over because she had spina bifida (her vertebra did not close, allowing the spinal cord to pop out (myelomeningocele)), and consequently, she had had surgery. she was at the clinic today for a persistent fever, even with broad spectrum antibiotics that the cultured bacteria was sensitive to.
when i examined her, i found a big volleyball sized lump in her lower back (good work, watson!) upon palpation, it was clearly BONEY. i asked the kid and her mom how long it had been there. 2 wks, came the reply. now, i'm not an expert in tumors and stuff, but i was pretty sure that tumors don't grow that big in two wks. in fact, i had a really really bad feeling that there was something seriously wrong with this patient.
"uh....... i'll be right back, " i told them. i went out and called the resident, and showed him the lump in the back.
he felt it, and, !!!!!!!!!!!! "um.....i'll be right back," he said.
the attending came into the room several minutes later, and took a look. he then turned to the mother and kid and said, "i think we need to take her to the ER. i don't want to alarm you, but we need to go, NOW."
the mother surprisingly didn't look upset or alarmed at all, just smiled, nodded, and complied. the attending, resident, and i made our way to the doctor's lounge, where the attending said, "holy ****! i think that is a subluxation of the lumbar vertebrae!!" (the kid's spine had not just slipped, but had fallen off COMPLETELY away from the other portion, leaving a plateau. the kid was hunched over because her upper potion had fallen forward, and the big lump was the botton vertebrae, sticking out.
********
peds: wk 1, day 2
i went to an underpriviledged school, where i saw high school kids for the health clinic. the school we went to had bars all over, only one effective entrance/exit, manned by police, and the hallways were filled with elderly kids that looked like they had flunked many grades.
in the health clinic, i interviewed a 14 yr old, and learned how different life was for other ppl. and how special and comfortable my life was, in comparison. i never had a warning from my own mother not to hang out in groups, for fear that cops would think that you were up to no good, and arrest you. i never had ppl come up to be and just beat me because i was a new kid in school. he had a broken hand, because of multiple fights he had engaged in. hearing the reasons why he had fought, i didn't know what to say. so sad.
i had never really seen this type of youth/childhood except in movies. this kid was living it every day.
********
yakob at 1:37 AM