A steady flow...

Praise the Lord for His goodness and mercy, for His kindness towards us, and His compassions, which fail not!

Several days have passed since our last update, and much has happened. In this post, we'll just take a look at some of the highlights, with some pictures and comments.

There has been a fairly steady flow of people coming in and out of the CTC, as the epidemic tries to figure out whether to ramp up again, or go dormant. One could get the picture of a great thundercloud upon the horizon; there are rumblings, lightning, and maybe even some sprinkles and rain, but the full potential of this forceful storm lies near at hand. If it will come, no one really knows; if it will not come, no one really knows. The potential for the storm coming is tremendous, yet we hope that it is passing...

Jared, hard at work, keeping everything documented.
We have charts for each person, keeping track of their condition.

One of the highlights of the work here is sending someone home, after successful treatment.
Here, a little boy is discharged, after being monitored for several hours.
Everyone gets sprayed with bleach water before they leave
in order to destroy any germs left over...

A man waits with his son, as the boy is monitored.
Many times people come in with a sick stomach, thinking they have cholera, when it's something else.
That's why we monitor them for several hours, checking for cholera symptoms.

If things are slow for a few hours, there's time for relaxing, and a few good games of checkers :)

Today we had around 5 people admitted, and about the same in observation.
That's a great relief, considering a few weeks back, we had over 20 in here!
In this picture, Wilman mops the floor around the beds.

The lady on the right was in pretty bad shape, and was having a hard time keeping fluids in.
So, they had to put her on double IVs to sustain her hydration level.
The man on the left was doing well today, and has been taken off his IV.

The mop bucket.

Friends and relatives of loved ones outside, milling around, passing the time,
waiting for their dear ones to recover. 

Here is one of the observation tents, with a few people waiting inside.