When There’s No Doctor Nearby, Volunteers Help Rural Patients Manage Chronic Illness

(By Maggie Mullen for NPR)

Gary and Celeste Havener live 40 miles outside of Laramie in southeast Wyoming. They spend a lot of their time growing vegetables and riding horses across the prairie.

A few weeks ago, Celeste fell off her horse.

“[I] had a very ungraceful dismount and tweaked my knee pretty good,” Celeste says.

Afterwards, she lay on the ground for a while, trying to figure out how hurt she was. But she was also wondering if a visit to the closest doctor in Laramie was worth it.  Continue reading article here…

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