Qana' Dominga

Just to update anyone curious, I went by and checked on Dominga, the patient I wrote about in my last post. The surgeons said it was a miracle she survived as they had to remove over 40 lbs of ovarian tumor and fluids from her abdomen. She is doing much better and should be out of the hospital in a week (although she will have to learn to walk again without those 40 lbs).

When I told her about my own surgical tribulations last week, she asked to see the scar. She laughed and then I got ripped on hard in Q'eqchi' for having such a wussy scar compared to the train tracks she now has on her stomach. I'm glad to see she's got a good sense of humor about it all. Here's a couple pics of her with her Dad.