Wed. morning

Just finished breakfast and will be making final preparations to leave here this morning for Managua.  Will be flying with the California team who will be flying on today.  Dean  and I, Jody and Sherilyn will be staying in Managua and fly early tomorrow morning for home.  It has been a great time here but also time to go home!  There are lots of stories to tell from a young man being hit in the face with a piece from a well drill to a near drowning of a baby girl, to a small girl close to dying on the operating table because her grandma fed her before surgery and she aspirated.  The young man came to the hospital here with serious injuries and was flown to Managua yesterday morning and has had surgery there.  The baby girl went outside in her walker and fell out of her walker into fast moving water in a culvert, was swept under what would be equivalent to a 2 to 3 car wide driveway and came out the other end.  When her mother pulled her out, she was blue but is now doing well.  She was lucky she did not get caught up under the cement.  Well, time to wrap this up in Puerto Cabezas and head out.  It has been a great trip and will be anxious to share our stories at home.  Carolyn