The Streets can be very ruff for our friends and when you add addiction and mental health to the mix its Life and Death. Today as we were serving a group of our friends lunch one friend (we will call him M) pulled me to the side lifted up his shirt and said he needed to see Doc. When I looked down I seen a huge abscess that needed to be addressed and got him over to see the Doc at the outreach van. M was suffering and in so much pain, once Doc looked at it he said we can bring you relief right now. Doc was prepared to lance the abscess and M was ready to have it done. 15 minutes later the wound was addressed packed, bandaged up and M was given a round of antibiotics with follow up care on Saturday. M was so thankful for our assistance and couldnt stop thanking Doc for his help. This abscess all started from an infected injection site while shooting up and if it was not addressed today could have turn lethal real quick. Our friends will not go to the ER’s because of shame and the stigma that comes with being homeless and a addict. Doc Lehmann’s work is so vital to bringing Value and Dignity to our friends, its priceless services! Doc doing these out of the box treatments save lives and bring Hope to our friends who feel Invisible. Adding Street Medicine to Street Outreach is a no brainer for our community. Is it the best practice probably not is it saving lives absoultely. As Doc says “lets not let the perfect being the enemy of the Good.” Today we did a GOOD thing!