Clinica MAXEÑA 2018

                  A SPECIAL INTENTION FOR A SPECIAL                                               CHILD AND FRIEND!                 FRIENDS AND FAMILY;  KARLA IS 16 YEARS            OLD!  SHE IS SMALL FOR HER AGE.  SHE HAS            HAD ACUTE LEUCEMIA FOR THE PAST THREE            YEARS!  SHE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF             REMISSION THREE TIMES.  SHE IS PRESENTLY            ON OUTPATIENT CHEMOTHERAPY             INTRAVENOUSLY, WHICH BEGAN THIS  WEEK.                   SHE  IS HOME AGAIN AND IS BEING  MONITORED             VERY CLOSELY.  HER FATHER  IS HER CARE                       GIVER. THERE ARE THREE  OTHER CHILDREN            IN THE FAMILY.  THEY ARE  A POOR FAMILY             AND  LIVE ABOUT THIRTY  MINUTES FROM                         HERE.  HER FATHER FARMS  HIS  SMALL  PLOT            OF COFFEE.  MYSELF AND OTHER NURSE             WILL MAKE HOME VISITS.            I ASK FOR DAILY PRAYERS FOR KARLA AND             ALL CHILDREN WITH CANCER! THANK YOU!

        GOOD MORNIING!  OUR FRIENDS HAVE LEFT US.        OUR POST OPERATIVE PATIENTS HAVE BEEN                    CHECKED BY OUR FRIEND AND GUATEMALAN                OPHTHOMOLOGIST, DOCTOR, RENE PONCE. WE       HAVE ONE INFANT IN UNOP, CANCER INSTITUTE         FOR CHILDREN WITH TUMORS.  HIS DIAGNOSIS        IS NOT CONFIRMED.  HIS PARENTS REMAIN         WITH   HIM; OUR PERSONELL VISITED THEM                     YESTERDAY.           OUR NEXT EYE SURGERIES SCHEDULED IN                         APRIL, 2019.  THE LIST FILLS QUICKLY!                     ONE OF OUR OWN WORKERS, DIEGO, WAS AN          UNKNOWN DIABETIC,  HE WAS BLIND!  POST           TWO CATARACT SURGERIES, HE NOW          WORKS FULL TIME IN THE CLINICA MAXEÑA!                  DECEMBER 14TH IS WORLD DAY OF          DIABETES.  EACH MONTH, IN THE           CLINICA MAXEÑA WE BRING  TOGETHER OUR                  DIAGNOSED DIABETICS!  A           LARGE BANNER FOR DIABETES HANGS ON            THE WALL.  EACH M

EVERY YEAR SINCE 1981, EYE SURGERIES BEGAN IN THE CLINICA MAXEÑA.  WE WELCOMED DR MARTIN FISHMAN AND HIS TEAM OF TEN; NURSES, TRANSLATOR, OPTHAMOLOGISTS, OPTOMETRIST, TRANSLATOR.  TOGETHER WITH THE TEAM OF EXPERIENCED WORKERS OF THE CLINICA MAXEÑA, THEY ACCOMPLISHED DAILY OVER TEN CATARACT SURGERIES, PTERIGIUM SURGERIES, LASER TREATMENTS, OPTOMETRIST EXAMS, AND MUCH MORE.  MINIMAL COST OR GRATIS FOR MANY THIS TREATMENT WAS PROVIDED! THE RESULT WAS  MANY HAPPY PATIENTS WHO HAD POOR OR NO VISION.  DIABETES IS ONE OF MAIN CAUSES IF EYE DISEASE HERE!  THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!          

                                 TODAY IS ALL SOULS DAY          This is a day when Christians pause,              PRAY and remember their loved ones who     have died and left us!  In most cultures this     is a reality!  Many customs are different but     there are bands, flowers in the cemeteries,      Prayers read aloud, Tears, Praying atTomb        Stones, Music!  FAMILIES COME                      TOGETHER!! This is the RESTING PLACE OF TOMAS LOPEZ Y MARIA VELASQUEZ, PARENTS  OF MARTIN LOPEZ, WORKER OF OVER 30 YEARS IN CLINIC AND MY GOD PARENTS! "REST IN GOD´S PEACE"